H04N 21/23 Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
Introduced: January 2011
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD] > Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof > Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD] (real-time bi-directional transmission of motion video data H04N7/14 ) > Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof > Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 12 subcodes exist in both systems.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 2011.
Child Classifications
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- H04N 21/231 Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion since 2011 +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 21/232 Content retrieval operation within server, e.g. reading video streams from disk arrays since 2011 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 21/233 Processing of audio elementary streams since 2011 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 21/234 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs since 2011 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors since 2011 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 21/236 Assembling 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 stream since 2011 +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 21/238 Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network, e.g. adapting the transmission rate of a video stream to network bandwidth; Processing of multiplex streams since 2011 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 21/239 Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. prioritizing client requests (hybrid fiber coaxial [HFC] networks for upstream channel allocation for video distribution H04L12/2801; flow control in data networks H04L47/10; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60) since 2011 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 21/24 Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. monitoring of server load, available bandwidth, upstream requests since 2011 +6 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 21/241 Operating system [OS] processes, e.g. server setup since 2011 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 21/242 Synchronisation processes, e.g. processing of PCR [Programme Clock References] since 2011 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QUALCOMM US 97,396
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
- TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
- CANON 33,341
- SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
- ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 101,476
- QUALCOMM US 101,139
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 96,655
- TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 57,744
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 55,253
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 54,181
- SONY CORPORATION JP 35,309
- ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,950
- INTEL CORPORATION US 27,533
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION CN 27,498