695 patents currently held
10 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
1 more record may belong here and awaits a decision; it is not counted.
The next term ends in Feb 2028. from the record
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notable patents
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all others
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Jan 2034 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Mar 2035 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Jan 2034 · High confidence
System and Method for Switching Between Media Streams While Providing a Seamless User Experience
US 9,043,850
Cited by 184 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2034. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
Methods and Systems for Dynamic Creation of Hotspots for Media Control
US 9,112,849
Cited by 112 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2035.
System and Method for Switching Between Media Streams for Non-Adjacent Channels While Providing a Seamless User Experience
US 9,071,798
Cited by 44 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2034.
Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 1 fee due Nov 23, 2026The maintenance fee for Device Mount for a Vehicle (US 11,654,834) comes due Nov 23, 2026. Unpaid by May 24, 2027, it lapses early.
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- 2 fees due Nov 7, 2027
Recent changes
- 8 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 370 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| System and Method for Processing Audio Data | 9 in force | to Nov 2037 |
| Singing Voice Separation with Deep U-Net Convolutional Networks | 8 in force | to Nov 2038 |
| Methods and Systems for Session Clustering Based on User Experience, Behavior, and Interactions | 6 in force | to Feb 2037 |
| Methods and Systems for Dynamic Creation of Hotspots for Media Control | 6 in force | to Mar 2035 |
| Systems and Methods for Controlling a Local Application Through a Web Page | 6 in force | to Apr 2032 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 8,316,146 | Peer-To-Peer Streaming of Media Content In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,280,889 | Automatically Acquiring Acoustic Information About Music In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,073,854 | Determining the Similarity of Music Using Cultural and Acoustic Information In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,949,649 | Automatically Acquiring Acoustic and Cultural Information About Music In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,280,539 | Method and Apparatus for Automatically Segueing Between Audio Tracks In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,492,633 | Musical Fingerprinting In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D781,906 | Display Panel or Portion Thereof with Transitional Graphical User Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D782,520 | Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Transitional Graphical User Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D782,533 | Display Panel or Portion Thereof with Transitional Graphical User Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,898,766 | Systems and Methods for Controlling a Local Application Through a Web Page In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 695: 10 patents in force now held by others · 3 patents ended · 78 applications pending · 92 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.