H04N 7/088
The inserted signal being digital
Official title: the inserted signal being digital
H04N7/088 (The inserted signal being digital) appears on 1,622 US grants and 1,153 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 1,622
- Published applications
- 1,153
- Assignees
- 473
- Inventors
- 2,277
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 35 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 56 | 0 |
| 1998 | 74 | 0 |
| 1999 | 72 | 0 |
| 2000 | 84 | 0 |
| 2001 | 77 | 32 |
| 2002 | 59 | 121 |
| 2003 | 49 | 118 |
| 2004 | 47 | 87 |
| 2005 | 30 | 101 |
| 2006 | 38 | 61 |
| 2007 | 46 | 53 |
| 2008 | 36 | 66 |
| 2009 | 40 | 47 |
| 2010 | 52 | 52 |
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| 2012 | 48 | 40 |
| 2013 | 53 | 56 |
| 2014 | 85 | 58 |
| 2015 | 68 | 62 |
| 2016 | 44 | 44 |
| 2017 | 46 | 18 |
| 2018 | 25 | 19 |
| 2019 | 20 | 16 |
| 2020 | 19 | 16 |
| 2021 | 11 | 4 |
| 2022 | 11 | 10 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04N 7/0884For the transmission of additional display-information478
- H04N 7/0882For the transmission of character code signals433
- H04N 7/0887For the transmission of programme or channel identifying signals395
- H04N 7/0888Subscription systems therefor86
- H04N 7/0881The signal being time-compressed before its insertion and subsequently decompressed at reception21
Recent patents
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- Caption encoder system and method3 Mar 2026US 12,568,185 B2Davincia, LLC
- Closed captioning management system23 Sep 2025US 12,425,539 B2Adeia Media Holdings LLC
- National insertion of targeted advertisment5 Aug 2025US 12,382,145 B2Invidi Technologies Corporation
- Unbounded frame detection6 Nov 2025US 2025/0342074 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Systems and methods for managing captions14 Aug 2025US 2025/0260789 A1Apple Inc.
- Circuit Apparatus And Display System3 Jul 2025US 2025/0220135 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Reproducing device, reproducing method, program, and transmitting device3 Apr 2025US 2025/0113080 A1Sony Corporation
- National insertion of targeted advertisment27 Feb 2025US 2025/0071391 A1Invidi Technologies Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Techniques for intelligent video ad insertion1,777US 6,698,020 B1WebTV Networks, Inc. · 2004
- TV schedule system and process1,601US 4,706,121 A1987
- Electronic television program guide schedule system and method with data feed access1,287US 5,589,892 A1996
- Systems and methods for linking television viewers with advertisers and broadcasters1,174US 6,002,394 AStarsight Telecast, Inc. · 1999
- Network controller for cable television delivery systems1,167US 5,600,364 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1997