Patent 7793332

Assignment history

Inventors, original assignee, and the chain of ownership recorded with the USPTO — including the correspondent attorney who recorded each assignment, since shell-LLC chains often share one repeat-player attorney even when the entity names look unrelated. Surfaces NPE / patent-troll patterns: shell-entity transfers, known asserters in the chain, repeat correspondent fingerprints, pre-litigation assignments, and bankruptcy fire-sales.

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Ownership chain (2)

Asserters network →

Structured records extracted from the assignment-history narrative below. Each entity links to its full ownership-network profile.

  1. 2000-09-22 · reel 011571/0612 · Assignment

    HARVEY, JOHN C., CUDDIHY, JAMES W.PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.

    transfer-to-original-assignee

  2. 2025-06-09 · reel 059085/0793 · Assignment

    PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLCCONTENTNEXUS LLC

    Correspondent: Stephen S. Mosher · MOSHER LAW

    transfer-to-asserter

Assignment history

Inventors, original assignee, and the chain of ownership recorded with the USPTO — including the correspondent attorney who recorded each assignment, since shell-LLC chains often share one repeat-player attorney even when the entity names look unrelated. Surfaces NPE / patent-troll patterns: shell-entity transfers, known asserters in the chain, repeat correspondent fingerprints, pre-litigation assignments, and bankruptcy fire-sales.

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Inventors

  • John Christopher Harvey: Employer at the time of filing not determinable from the patent text.
  • James William Cuddihy: Employer at the time of filing not determinable from the patent text.

No unusual patterns, such as inventors departing the original assignee within 12 months of filing, can be determined from the provided information.

Original assignee

Personalized Media Communications LLC. The patent text describes the "present invention" as an "integrated system of methods and apparatus for communicating programming." The description of "Wall Street Week" as an example of "television based combined medium programming" suggests a focus on the delivery of personalized content, but it is not explicitly stated that Personalized Media Communications LLC shipped a product embodying the claims. The primary line of business appears to be related to integrated media communication and personalized programming. Its current status is acquired, as it reassigned the patent to Contentnexus LLC.

Assignment timeline

  • 2000-09-22 (executed) / recorded 2000-09-22 — Reel 011571/0612
    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: HARVEY, JOHN C., CUDDIHY, JAMES W.
    • Assignee: PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.
    • Correspondent: NOT LISTED
    • Context: Transfer from inventors to original assignee.
  • 2025-06-09 (executed) / recorded 2025-06-09 — Reel 059085/0793
    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    • Assignee: CONTENTNEXUS LLC
    • Correspondent: Stephen S. Mosher, ESQ., MOSHER LAW, L.L.C., 2701 N. Rocky Point Drive, Suite 100, Tampa, FL 33607.
    • Context: Transfer to asserter.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 7793332
    1995 : Filed by PMC LLC
    2000 : Assigned inventors to PMC LLC
    2010 : Issued
    2025 : Assigned to Contentnexus LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — present. The transfer from Personalized Media Communications, LLC to Contentnexus LLC on 2025-06-09 (Reel 059085/0793) suggests this pattern. Contentnexus LLC, as discussed in the litigation summary, is a known plaintiff in patent infringement lawsuits. The name "Contentnexus LLC" is also indicative of a licensing-focused entity.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — present. Contentnexus LLC is the current assignee (Reel 059085/0793). As noted in the litigation summary, Contentnexus LLC has been party to several patent infringement lawsuits in 2026 against various companies, asserting other signal processing patents in its portfolio.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — unclear. Stephen S. Mosher of MOSHER LAW, L.L.C. is listed as the correspondent for the 2025-06-09 assignment to Contentnexus LLC (Reel 059085/0793). Without further data on other patents handled by this correspondent, it is unclear if this represents a repeat pattern across this chain or other tracked patents. The first assignment from the inventors to PMC LLC does not list a correspondent.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are only two assignments recorded, and they are separated by 25 years.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. While Contentnexus LLC is a known asserter, and the transfer to Contentnexus occurred on 2025-06-09, the litigation summary does not indicate that this specific patent, US 7,793,332, has been asserted in court. Therefore, it cannot be confirmed if this transfer was within 6 months of the first infringement suit for this patent.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No indication of bankruptcy for either Personalized Media Communications LLC or Contentnexus LLC in the provided information.
  7. Privateering — unclear. There is no information provided to suggest an operating company transferred the patent to an NPE to assert on its behalf against competitors.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain ends with Contentnexus LLC, which is identified as a known asserter, not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

The transfer to Contentnexus LLC (Reel 059085/0793), a known patent asserter that has recently filed multiple infringement suits, strongly indicates an NPE pattern. The name "Contentnexus LLC" itself is suggestive of a licensing entity, and the previous assignee, Personalized Media Communications LLC, was also involved in significant patent litigation.

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