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IPC Subgroup
G06F 16/4

of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data

Introduced: January 2019

Full Title

Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor > of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
Subclass:
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

Additional Content

Glossary

Media type the expression media type encompasses image data, audio data, video data and text data

Limiting references

Retrieval of image data Retrieval of audio data Retrieval of video data

5 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
  • G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
  • G06F 16/45 Clustering; Classification

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G06, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 66,669
  2. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,313
  3. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 41,918
  4. GOOGLE US 32,969
  5. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 30,822
  6. INTEL CORPORATION US 30,010
  7. TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 28,235
  8. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 26,079
  9. APPLE US 21,891
  10. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,505