Samsung Patents a TV Feature That Names the Song Playing in Your Show
Samsung's patent application describes a TV that listens to its own soundtrack, remembers the songs, and sends the list to your phone…
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This week's software patents
Week of November 5, 2026 · 39 filings covered · refreshes every week
The 39 filings Patentlyze covered this week sort into four clusters spanning camera tricks, video call polish, gaming and audio, and AI app intelligence:
- Camera and imaging. Apple's filing for camera zoom buttons that separate lens zoom from digital zoom, Google's filing for a phone camera that zooms in without cutting out your friends, and Samsung's filing for restoring lost detail in heavily zoomed phone photos all tackle keeping shots clean at range.
- Video call polish. Google filed for video call blur that doesn't flicker when you move and a video call that sharpens only what you're looking at, while Apple filed for video call effects that slip behind you or float in front.
- Gaming and audio. Nvidia filed for sharper game shadows without the extra computing work, Sony filed for catching players with second accounts by their button habits, and Microsoft filed for sharper game graphics that don't flicker or leave ghost trails.
- AI app intelligence. Microsoft filed for an AI assistant that investigates why an app broke, and Google filed for an AI that traces angry app reviews to the update behind them.
Recent filings
736 total
Sony Patents a Shortcut That Lets a Moving Camera Map a Room Faster
Teaching a camera to map a room is easy to describe and heavy to compute. Sony's latest filing tries to cut the…
Sony Files Patent for Turning Gameplay Video Into a Single Image to Catch Bugs
Sony Interactive Entertainment wants to check a whole stretch of gameplay by looking at one still picture built from a thin slice…
Google Patents Camera Autofocus That Stops Jumping Between Similar Subjects
Anyone who has watched a phone camera pulse in and out of focus between two similar things knows how annoying it is.…
Nvidia Files Patent for Sharper Game Shadows Without the Extra Computing Work
Nvidia has filed a patent for a way to spend extra graphics effort only on the spots in a scene where shadows…
Qualcomm Files Patent for Devices That Ignore Cat Paws and Toddler Taps
Your phone usually can't tell your tap from a toddler's, or your keystroke from a cat's. Qualcomm's patent application describes a fix:…
Microsoft Files Patent for an AI Assistant That Investigates Why an App Broke
When an app breaks, the error message often points at the wrong place. Microsoft's patent filing hands an AI a described toolbox…
Google Files Patent to Let Gadget Makers Add Their Own Controls to One Home App
Your phone may already hold a separate app for every gadget in your house. A new Google patent describes a way for…
Google Patents an AI That Traces Angry App Reviews to the Update Behind Them
Companies usually learn an app broke from crash counts and speed numbers. This Google patent has an AI read what people are…
A New Microsoft Patent Uses an Interpreter's Eye Gaze to Credit the Right Signer
When one sign language interpreter speaks for two people on a video call, some meeting tools label every word with the interpreter's…
Microsoft Files Patent to Keep Typed Messages on Screen as You Shrink a Meeting
If you type instead of talk in a video meeting, your words shouldn't vanish the moment someone shrinks their window. Microsoft's new…
Samsung Patents Voice Control for Apps That Were Never Built for It
Plenty of apps never added voice control, which leaves your voice assistant with nothing to grab. Samsung's patent has the phone read…
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Software patent questions, answered
Numbers pull live from the database, so answers never go stale
Which companies file the most software patents?
Over the last 90 days, Apple leads with 75 software filings, followed by Samsung (70), Sony (63), Google (55) and Microsoft (52). That is out of 385 software filings from all the companies we track in the same period.
How many software patents has Big Tech published this month?
39 software patent applications from the companies we track have published in November 2026 so far, after 163 in October. Patentlyze has covered 736 software filings since May 2026.
What is the newest software patent?
Samsung Patents a TV Feature That Names the Song Playing in Your Show, a Samsung filing published November 5, 2026. The latest filings are listed above, newest first.
Does a new software patent mean a product is coming?
No. A published application is not a product announcement. Companies file to protect options, and most patented ideas never ship in the form described. What filings do show is which companies are putting research effort into software right now.
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