Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
150 patents granted to the 4 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to SiriusXM Holdings Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
150
149 utility, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
5
Against 11 in 2024 and 7 in 2023
Applications published
141
7 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Digital communication14
Computer technology9
Telecommunications6
Measurement3
Control3
Basic communication processes2
Audio-visual technology1
IT methods for management1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
Sirius XM Radio Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
133 granted
36 publishedSirius XM Radio Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
96 publishedSirius Satellite Radio Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
8 granted
9 publishedCD Radio Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 11, 2025 | 12,468,432 | Content caching services in satellite and satellite/IP content delivery systems | Digital communication | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Aug 26, 2025 | 12,399,603 | Systems and methods for the interaction of satellite and internet protocol features in content delivery systems (“satellite IP interactions”) | Digital communication | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Aug 19, 2025 | 12,394,426 | Systems and methods for implementing cross-fading, interstitials and other effects downstream | Computer technology | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 12,198,731 | Server side crossfading for progressive download media | Computer technology | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 12,197,702 | Method and apparatus for using selected content tracks from two or more program channels to automatically generate a blended mix channel for playback to a user upon selection of a corresponding preset button on a user interface | Telecommunications | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Dec 10, 2024 | 12,166,617 | Dynamic trigger compensation in OFDM systems | Digital communication | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Sep 3, 2024 | 12,081,838 | Method and apparatus for providing enhanced electronic program guide with personalized selection of broadcast content using affinities data and user preferences | Digital communication | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Sep 3, 2024 | 12,080,162 | High resolution encoding and transmission of traffic information | Control | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 12,028,439 | Maintaining repeater accuracy for satellite signal delivery systems | Measurement | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Jun 25, 2024 | 12,021,677 | Method and apparatus for advanced OFDM triggering techniques | Digital communication | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Sep 18, 2025 | 2025/0292675 | HIGH RESOLUTION ENCODING AND TRANSMISSION OF TRAFFIC INFORMATION | Control | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 2025/0240493 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE WITH PERSONALIZED SELECTION OF BROADCAST CONTENT USING AFFINITIES DATA AND USER PREFERENCES | Digital communication | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| May 29, 2025 | 2025/0175320 | MAINTAINING REPEATER ACCURACY FOR SATELLITE SIGNAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS | Measurement | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| May 22, 2025 | 2025/0168050 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADVANCED OFDM TRIGGERING TECHNIQUES | Digital communication | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Apr 10, 2025 | 2025/0119207 | SATELLITE PROVISIONING OF CELL SERVICE | Telecommunications | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 2025/0105824 | UNIVERSAL AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL FOR MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVERS | Basic communication processes | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 2025/0104739 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING EFFICIENT CROSS-FADING BETWEEN COMPRESSED AUDIO STREAMS | Computer technology | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2024/0413919 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED PLAYBACK OF CONTENT WHILE SWITCHING AMONG CHANNELS OF BROADCAST OR STREAMED CONTENT WHILE BEING RECEIVED ("Tune Start") | Telecommunications | Sirius XM Radio Inc. |
| Nov 14, 2024 | 2024/0379131 | SERVER SIDE CROSSFADING FOR PROGRESSIVE DOWNLOAD MEDIA | Computer technology | Sirius XM Radio Inc. · patent 12,198,731 granted from it |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 2024/0361880 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE INTERACTION OF SATELLITE AND INTERNET PROTOCOL FEATURES IN CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS ("Satellite IP Interactions") | Digital communication | Sirius XM Radio Inc. · patent 12,399,603 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 5 · Computer technology 4 · Telecommunications 3 · Basic communication processes 1 · Measurement 1 · Control 1.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.