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International Media & Broadcasting

The capacity to reach the world's audiences directly: international broadcasters, multilingual services and the platform-era presence through which the nation's outlets are seen and heard abroad. One of the capabilities of Information Environment & Strategic Communication.

International families
44k2015 to 2024
Leading country
China1.0× the next
All families
167khome filings included
Over five years
Steady2020 to 2024 against the five before

Year by year

Patent families by country of origin and the year of the earliest filing, 2000 to 2025; 2025 is a part year, still filling in. International families are those for which protection was sought beyond one country.

Volume

International patent families in the capability, by the year of the earliest filing.

Source: Global Institute for National Capability (GINC), 2026. Underlying patents from 107 patent offices, IFI CLAIMS and Google

Share by country

Each country's share of the year's international families, in per cent: the capability's five largest countries of origin, 2015 to 2024, and the rest of the world.

Source: Global Institute for National Capability (GINC), 2026. Underlying patents from 107 patent offices, IFI CLAIMS and Google

Country leaderboard

International patent families, 2015 to 2024, by country of origin. Growth compares the latest five full years with the five before.

Ten largest

China

United States

Japan

South Korea

France

Taiwan

United Kingdom

Germany

Canada

Sweden

11,427

11,259

6,437

6,383

1,042

936

639

603

559

473

2000 to 2025
1China11,42726.2%1.2×
88,899
2United States11,25925.9%0.9×
27,863
3Japan6,43714.8%0.9×
17,170
4South Korea6,38314.7%1.0×
21,246
5France1,0422.4%0.8×
1,337
6Taiwan9362.1%0.7×
1,493
7United Kingdom6391.5%0.9×
907
8Germany6031.4%1.2×
1,068
9Canada5591.3%1.1×
936
10Sweden4731.1%0.6×
544
11Finland4511.0%0.6×
488
12India4060.9%1.1×
759
13Singapore3530.8%1.6×
490
14Switzerland2920.7%0.5×
351
15Netherlands2800.6%0.5×
334
16Cayman Islands2700.6%1.2×
290
17Australia2430.6%0.8×
386
18Israel2410.6%0.7×
451
19Türkiye2160.5%0.5×
421
20Ireland1130.3%0.5×
181
21Italy1070.2%0.6×
203
22Russia1020.2%0.3×
173
23Hong Kong840.2%0.6×
125
24Belgium750.2%0.7×
93
25Spain660.2%0.7×
94
26Luxembourg480.1%0.9×
57
27Austria410.1%1.1×
55
28Denmark410.1%1.7×
48
29Norway250.1%0.7×
29
30Portugal220.1%1.8×
32
31South Africa210.0%0.8×
24
32Malaysia200.0%0.3×
26
33New Zealand190.0%0.9×
25
34Poland160.0%0.6×
56
35Brazil130.0%0.4×
75
36Czechia100.0%0.3×
27
37Mexico90.0%2.0×
32
38Saudi Arabia70.0%0.8×
32
39Hungary50.0%0.7×
9
40Liechtenstein10.0%0.0×
2

Applicants

The largest applicants by international patent families, 2015 to 2024: across the world, then within each of the five countries with the most families in International Media & Broadcasting. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.

Global

43,548 international families

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD · South Korea

BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO LTD · China

HUAWEI TECH CO LTD · China

LG ELECTRONICS INC · South Korea

SONY CORP · Japan

TENCENT TECH SHENZHEN CO LTD · China

2,519

1,344

1,103

1,068

937

924

China

11,427 international families

BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

TENCENT TECH SHENZHEN CO LTD

BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECH CO LTD

ZTE CORP

LE HOLDINGS BEIJING CO LTD

1,337

1,085

924

511

486

449

United States

11,259 international families

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

GOOGLE LLC

GOOGLE INC

QUALCOMM INC

ROVI GUIDES INC

APPLE INC

793

783

500

363

338

306

Japan

6,437 international families

SONY CORP

SONY GROUP CORP

CANON KK

NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE

SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC

NEC CORP

925

747

520

286

266

245

South Korea

6,383 international families

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

LG ELECTRONICS INC

ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS RES INST

LINE PLUS CORP

NAVER CORP

HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD

2,516

1,068

195

146

111

86

France

1,042 international families

THOMSON LICENSING

INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS SAS

ORANGE

INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS

SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS

THALES SA

183

166

157

130

73

40

Similar capabilities

The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with International Media & Broadcasting, 2015 to 2024: the families counted in both as a share of those counted in either. Each card shows its five largest countries.

Strategic Infrastructure

Spectrum & Broadcasting

7.1% shared · 3,657 families in both

United States

Japan

China

South Korea

Sweden

3,343

2,083

1,912

1,251

572

Strategic Infrastructure

Data Resources

6.3% shared · 7,987 families in both

United States

China

Japan

South Korea

Germany

28,809

23,945

12,592

7,266

3,037

Information & Influence

Creative Industries & Cultural Export Reach

5.4% shared · 3,905 families in both

Japan

United States

China

South Korea

Taiwan

9,492

7,019

6,834

3,079

1,031

Production & Innovation

Digital Economy Adoption

5.1% shared · 5,706 families in both

United States

Japan

China

South Korea

Germany

21,362

15,584

10,966

7,828

2,749

Critical Technology

Applied AI & Advanced Analytics

5.0% shared · 12,023 families in both

United States

China

Japan

South Korea

Germany

52,577

44,684

37,272

22,879

11,142

Strategic Infrastructure

AI Tools & Applications

4.9% shared · 12,677 families in both

United States

China

Japan

South Korea

Germany

59,104

48,655

39,220

27,537

12,086

Critical Technology

Machine Learning & Foundation Models

3.3% shared · 4,796 families in both

United States

China

South Korea

Japan

Germany

32,358

20,768

15,108

13,257

5,948

Governance & Integrity

Policing & Law Enforcement

2.9% shared · 2,864 families in both

Japan

China

United States

South Korea

Germany

13,305

11,355

11,063

6,119

3,107

Trade & Investment

Digital Trade & E-Commerce

2.6% shared · 1,692 families in both

United States

Japan

South Korea

China

Canada

6,376

4,793

3,598

2,845

590

Crosswalk

How International Media & Broadcasting is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 682 Cooperative entries in all. A patent family counts when any of its codes, in either scheme and at any office, falls under one of them. Codes since retired are placed under the entries that replaced them.

EntryTitle in the schemeWhy it is chosenCPC codesIPC codesDocuments
H04HBroadcast communicationBroadcast communication184172324,390
H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]Streaming and interactive distribution of video content4981563,714,481
G06F40/40Processing or translation of natural languageMachine translation and natural language processing111180,715
H04L51/52User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail for supporting social networking servicesMessaging that supports social networking services1133,785
G06Q10/40Business processes related to social networking or social networking servicesSocial networking services55117,007

CPC and IPC codes are the codes in use on patent documents, at any office, that fall under the entry. Documents is the larger of the two schemes' counts of documents carrying one of them. An entry with no IPC codes can be told apart only in the Cooperative scheme.

The Cooperative codes in use that count towards International Media & Broadcasting: 699 codes on 4,250,841 documents. The 150 most used are listed; the full list is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.

CodeTitleUnder entryHow placedDocuments
G06Q10/40Business processes related to social networking or social networking servicesG06Q10/40In the scheme71,701
H04N21/47End-user applicationsH04N21/00In the scheme53,305
H04N21/812Monomedia components thereof involving advertisement dataH04N21/00In the scheme46,485
H04N21/435Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport streamH04N21/00In the scheme44,934
H04N21/4312Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animationsH04N21/00In the scheme43,329
H04N21/8456Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segmentsH04N21/00In the scheme42,192
H04N21/4622Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the InternetH04N21/00In the scheme40,306
H04N21/84Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptorsH04N21/00In the scheme40,259
H04N21/4532Management of client data or end-user data involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferencesH04N21/00In the scheme39,549
H04N21/4788Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application communicating with other users, e.g. chattingH04N21/00In the scheme39,287
H04N21/4316Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate windowH04N21/00In the scheme38,561
H04N21/482End-user interface for programme selectionH04N21/00In the scheme37,889
H04N21/426Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereofH04N21/00In the scheme37,337
H04N21/235Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptorsH04N21/00In the scheme37,175
H04N21/44008Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video streamH04N21/00In the scheme37,120
H04N21/42204User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices thereforH04N21/00In the scheme36,816
H04N21/41407Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptopH04N21/00In the scheme35,600
H04N21/2187Live feedH04N21/00In the scheme35,568
H04N21/43615Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripheralsH04N21/00In the scheme35,560
H04L51/52User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail for supporting social networking servicesH04L51/52In the scheme33,785
H04N21/4334Recording operationsH04N21/00In the scheme32,918
H04N21/47202End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demandH04N21/00In the scheme28,769
H04N21/25891Management of end-user data being end-user preferencesH04N21/00In the scheme26,988
H04N21/431Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data renderingH04N21/00In the scheme25,259
H04N21/4223CamerasH04N21/00In the scheme25,111
G06F40/58Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translationG06F40/40In the scheme24,693
H04N21/6125Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network involving transmission via InternetH04N21/00In the scheme24,661
H04N21/43637Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11]H04N21/00In the scheme23,183
H04N21/472End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed contentH04N21/00In the scheme23,015
H04N21/23418Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristicsH04N21/00In the scheme22,066
H04N21/4345Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG streamH04N21/00In the scheme21,745
H04N21/2343Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirementsH04N21/00In the scheme21,450
H04N21/816Monomedia components thereof involving special video data, e.g 3D videoH04N21/00In the scheme21,417
H04N21/64322IpH04N21/00In the scheme21,131
G06F40/40Processing or translation of natural languageG06F40/40In the scheme20,764
H04N21/41265The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client deviceH04N21/00In the scheme20,381
G06Q10/42Determination of affinities or common interests between usersG06Q10/40In the scheme20,197
H04N21/47214End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock marketH04N21/00In the scheme20,169
H04N21/47217End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarksH04N21/00In the scheme20,145
H04N21/485End-user interface for client configurationH04N21/00In the scheme19,669
H04N21/4122Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices additional display device, e.g. video projectorH04N21/00In the scheme19,421
H04N21/6582Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card numberH04N21/00In the scheme19,069
H04N21/4325Content retrieval operation from a local storage medium, e.g. hard-disk by playing back content from the storage mediumH04N21/00In the scheme18,978
H04N21/4402Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time displayH04N21/00In the scheme18,504
H04N21/4882Data services, e.g. news ticker for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, remindersH04N21/00In the scheme18,492
H04N21/2668Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profilesH04N21/00In the scheme18,296
H04N21/478Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping applicationH04N21/00In the scheme18,157
H04N21/4782Web browsing, e.g. WebTVH04N21/00In the scheme18,135
H04N21/23439Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements for generating different versionsH04N21/00In the scheme18,081
H04N21/4331Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playbackH04N21/00In the scheme17,924
H04N21/44016Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for substituting a video clipH04N21/00In the scheme17,879
H04N21/44222Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programmes or purchase activityH04N21/00In the scheme17,841
H04N21/4627Rights management associated to the contentH04N21/00In the scheme17,809
H04N21/44218Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV programmeH04N21/00In the scheme17,668
H04N21/6587Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selectionH04N21/00In the scheme17,611
H04N21/23424Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisementH04N21/00In the scheme17,593
H04N21/4147PVR [Personal Video Recorder]H04N21/00In the scheme17,085
H04N21/2662Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilitiesH04N21/00In the scheme16,733
H04N21/8547Content authoring involving timestamps for synchronizing contentH04N21/00In the scheme16,646
H04N21/4722End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the contentH04N21/00In the scheme16,461
H04N21/8586Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot by using a URLH04N21/00In the scheme16,369
H04N21/434Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary streamH04N21/00In the scheme15,759
H04N21/4383Accessing a communication channelH04N21/00In the scheme15,688
H04N21/4821End-user interface for programme selection using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast timeH04N21/00In the scheme15,688
H04N21/23614Multiplexing of additional data and video streamsH04N21/00In the scheme15,649
H04N21/4884Data services, e.g. news ticker for displaying subtitlesH04N21/00In the scheme15,274
H04N21/4394Processing of audio elementary streams involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streamsH04N21/00In the scheme15,224
H04N21/44004Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs involving video buffer management, e.g. video decoder buffer or video display bufferH04N21/00In the scheme15,109
H04N21/4668Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies for recommending content, e.g. moviesH04N21/00In the scheme15,013
H04N21/4348Demultiplexing of additional data and video streamsH04N21/00In the scheme14,972
H04N21/4126The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phonesH04N21/00In the scheme14,933
H04N21/4382Demodulation or channel decoding, e.g. QPSK demodulationH04N21/00In the scheme14,866
H04N21/4314Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular gridH04N21/00In the scheme14,663
H04N21/236Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary streamH04N21/00In the scheme14,600
H04N21/2541Rights ManagementH04N21/00In the scheme14,509
H04N21/44204Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watchedH04N21/00In the scheme14,285
H04N21/242Synchronisation processes, e.g. processing of PCR [Programme Clock References]H04N21/00In the scheme14,283
H04N21/26258Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such listH04N21/00In the scheme14,133
H04N21/43072Synchronising the rendering of multiple content streams or additional data on devices, e.g. synchronisation of audio on a mobile phone with the video output on the TV screen of multiple content streams on the same deviceH04N21/00In the scheme14,060
H04N21/439Processing of audio elementary streamsH04N21/00In the scheme14,052
H04N21/458Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operationsH04N21/00In the scheme13,909
H04N21/4405Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs involving video stream decryptionH04N21/00In the scheme13,896
H04N21/44Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphsH04N21/00In the scheme13,761
H04N21/4755End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genreH04N21/00In the scheme13,637
H04N21/2402Monitoring of the downstream path of the transmission network, e.g. bandwidth availableH04N21/00In the scheme13,605
G06Q10/48Business processes related to social networking or social networking services using social graphsG06Q10/40In the scheme13,402
H04N21/42203Input-only peripherals, i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] sound input device, e.g. microphoneH04N21/00In the scheme13,382
H04N21/44209Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless networkH04N21/00In the scheme13,327
H04N21/2393Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. prioritizing client content requests involving handling client requestsH04N21/00In the scheme13,249
H04N21/8455Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video streamH04N21/00In the scheme13,220
H04N21/2543Billing, e.g. for subscription servicesH04N21/00In the scheme13,082
H04N21/2383Channel coding or modulation of digital bit-stream, e.g. QPSK modulationH04N21/00In the scheme13,013
H04N21/443OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STBH04N21/00In the scheme13,007
H04N21/2362Generation or processing of Service Information [SI]H04N21/00In the scheme12,792
H04N21/454Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisementsH04N21/00In the scheme12,790
H04N21/8358Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates involving watermarkH04N21/00In the scheme12,764
H04N21/21805Source of audio or video content, e.g. local disk arrays enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of camerasH04N21/00In the scheme12,513
H04N21/4828End-user interface for programme selection for searching programme descriptorsH04N21/00In the scheme12,460
H04N21/85406Content authoring involving a specific file format, e.g. MP4 formatH04N21/00In the scheme12,167
H04N21/47205End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locallyH04N21/00In the scheme12,067
H04N21/2353Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadataH04N21/00In the scheme12,029
H04N21/4826End-user interface for programme selection using recommendation lists, e.g. of programmes or channels sorted out according to their scoreH04N21/00In the scheme11,893
H04N21/2347Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving video stream encryptionH04N21/00In the scheme11,737
H04N21/8133Monomedia components thereof involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video programmeH04N21/00In the scheme11,697
H04N21/854Content authoringH04N21/00In the scheme11,669
H04N21/2365Multiplexing of several video streamsH04N21/00In the scheme11,620
H04N21/234Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphsH04N21/00In the scheme11,504
H04N21/6131Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network involving transmission via a mobile phone networkH04N21/00In the scheme11,471
H04N21/234327Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements by decomposing into layers, e.g. base layer and one or more enhancement layersH04N21/00In the scheme11,414
H04N21/4667Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selectionsH04N21/00In the scheme11,317
H04N21/4305Synchronising client clock from received content stream, e.g. locking decoder clock with encoder clock, extraction of the PCR packetsH04N21/00In the scheme11,295
H04N21/436Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the homeH04N21/00In the scheme11,242
H04N21/6581Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping applicationH04N21/00In the scheme10,963
G06F40/56Natural language generationG06F40/40In the scheme10,898
H04N21/4623Processing of entitlement messages, e.g. ECM [Entitlement Control Message] or EMM [Entitlement Management Message]H04N21/00In the scheme10,756
H04N21/2743Video hosting of uploaded data from clientH04N21/00In the scheme10,717
H04N21/2381Adapting the multiplex stream to a specific network, e.g. an Internet Protocol [IP] networkH04N21/00In the scheme10,651
H04N21/8549Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailerH04N21/00In the scheme10,322
H04N21/43632Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network involving a wired protocol, e.g. IEEE 1394H04N21/00In the scheme10,249
H04N21/233Processing of audio elementary streamsH04N21/00In the scheme10,053
H04N21/2387Stream processing in response to a playback request from an end-user, e.g. for trick-playH04N21/00In the scheme10,051
H04N21/25875Management of end-user data involving end-user authenticationH04N21/00In the scheme9,936
H04N21/6405MulticastingH04N21/00In the scheme9,920
H04N21/47815Electronic shoppingH04N21/00In the scheme9,912
H04N21/4728End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected regionH04N21/00In the scheme9,825
H04N21/440263Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDAH04N21/00In the scheme9,817
H04N21/8173End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, gameH04N21/00In the scheme9,618
H04N21/4781GamesH04N21/00In the scheme9,550
H04N21/433Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operationsH04N21/00In the scheme9,453
H04N21/6543Transmission by server directed to the client for forcing some client operations, e.g. recordingH04N21/00In the scheme9,371
H04N21/8106Monomedia components thereof involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languagesH04N21/00In the scheme9,339
H04N21/858Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspotH04N21/00In the scheme9,332
H04N21/44224Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsingH04N21/00In the scheme9,309
H04N21/4341Demultiplexing of audio and video streamsH04N21/00In the scheme9,307
H04N21/4347Demultiplexing of several video streamsH04N21/00In the scheme9,259
H04N21/4263Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof for processing the incoming bitstream involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tunersH04N21/00In the scheme9,175
H04N21/251Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending moviesH04N21/00In the scheme9,131
H04N21/4181External card to be used in combination with the client device, e.g. for conditional access for conditional accessH04N21/00In the scheme9,061
H04N21/4438Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interfaceH04N21/00In the scheme8,897
H04N21/43635HdmiH04N21/00In the scheme8,837
H04N21/4318Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image regionH04N21/00In the scheme8,829
H04N21/43Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middlewareH04N21/00In the scheme8,805
H04N21/4825End-user interface for programme selection using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlistsH04N21/00In the scheme8,795
H04N21/8352Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]H04N21/00In the scheme8,784
H04N21/643Communication protocolsH04N21/00In the scheme8,683
H04N21/4621Controlling the complexity of the content stream or additional data, e.g. lowering the resolution or bit-rate of the video stream for a mobile client with a small screenH04N21/00In the scheme8,682
H04N21/252Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative dataH04N21/00In the scheme8,603
H04N21/4307Synchronising the rendering of multiple content streams or additional data on devices, e.g. synchronisation of audio on a mobile phone with the video output on the TV screenH04N21/00In the scheme8,549
H04N21/25841Management of client data involving the geographical location of the clientH04N21/00In the scheme8,544
H04N21/6175Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the upstream path of the transmission network involving transmission via InternetH04N21/00In the scheme8,518
Match: Through its tools
The classification names the equipment or technology the capability draws on, not the capability. The count says how much is being invented for it, not how well it is done. Captures broadcast, streaming, translation and social-platform technology whoever uses it, not international audience reach; the social networking entry is in practice CPC only. The crosswalk is a first pass that nobody has reviewed.

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