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H04N 21/2312

Data placement on disk arrays

Introduced: January 2011

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

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 > Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers or prioritizing data for deletion > Data placement on disk arrays

CPC:

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 > Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion > Data placement on disk arrays

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 2011.

Child Classifications

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  • H04N 21/2315 using interleaving since 2011 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • H04N 21/2318 using striping since 2011 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. QUALCOMM US 97,396
  2. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
  4. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
  5. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
  6. LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
  7. CANON 33,341
  8. SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
  9. ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
  10. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 101,476
  2. QUALCOMM US 101,139
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 96,655
  4. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 57,744
  5. LG ELECTRONICS KR 55,253
  6. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 54,181
  7. SONY CORPORATION JP 35,309
  8. ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,950
  9. INTEL CORPORATION US 27,533
  10. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION CN 27,498