Patent 7817208

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 011409/0173 · Assignment

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

    Correspondent: John M. Calimafde · Hopgood, Calimafde, Kalil & Judlowe

    Transfer from inventors to original assignee

  2. 2025-06-09 · reel 063533/0111 · Assignment

    PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLCCONTENTNEXUS LLC

    Correspondent: Matthew Miller · Miller Preston

    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 time of filing not determinable from the patent document.
  • James William Cuddihy: Employer at time of filing not determinable from the patent document.

No unusual patterns, such as all inventors departing the original assignee within 12 months of filing, can be determined from the available patent text.

Original assignee

The original assignee is Personalized Media Communications LLC. It is not determinable from the provided information whether they shipped a product embodying the claims or their primary line of business. Their current status is "Active" as per the Google Patents legal status.

Assignment timeline

  • 2000-09-22 (executed) / recorded 2000-09-22 — Reel 011409/0173
    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: HARVEY, JOHN C., CUDDIHY, JAMES W.
    • Assignee: PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.
    • Correspondent: JOHN M. CALIMAFDE, ESQ., HOPGOOD, CALIMAFDE, KALIL & JUDLOWE, LLP, 60 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10165
    • Context: Transfer from inventors to original assignee.
  • 2025-06-09 (executed) / recorded 2025-06-09 — Reel 063533/0111
    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    • Assignee: CONTENTNEXUS LLC
    • Correspondent: Matthew Miller, MILLER PRESTON LLC, 1941 STREETMAN RD, SANDY HOOK, VA 23153
    • Context: Transfer to new assignee.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 7817208
    1995 : Filed by Personalized Media
    2000 : Assigned to Personalized Media
    2010 : Issued
    2025 : Assigned to Contentnexus LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — Present. The transfer on 2025-06-09 (Reel 063533/0111) is from "PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC" to "CONTENTNEXUS LLC". The assignee name "Contentnexus LLC" with "LLC" suffix, and the fact that its primary business and products are not immediately evident, suggests it may be a licensing-only entity.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — Not present. While Contentnexus LLC is the current assignee, it is not listed as a known high-frequency plaintiff or NPE on common public directories like RPX or Unified Patents within the provided information.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Not present. The correspondent for the 2000-09-22 assignment (Reel 011409/0173) is John M. Calimafde, Esq. of Hopgood, Calimafde, Kalil & Judlowe, LLP. The correspondent for the 2025-06-09 assignment (Reel 063533/0111) is Matthew Miller of Miller Preston LLC. These are different individuals and firms.
  4. Cascading transfers — Not present. There are only two assignments recorded, with a significant time gap between them.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — Unclear. The patent was assigned to Contentnexus LLC on 2025-06-09 (Reel 063533/0111). Without specific litigation filing dates, it is not possible to determine if this transfer occurred within 6 months prior to any infringement suits. However, the legal status indicates "Family has litigation," with a US case filed in Texas Eastern District Court (case 2:26-cv-00322). The transfer predates this known litigation.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. No information suggests either Personalized Media Communications LLC or Contentnexus LLC has filed for bankruptcy.
  7. Privateering — Unclear. There is no available information to suggest a privateering arrangement.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The current assignee, Contentnexus LLC, is not a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — moderate confidence. The transfer from Personalized Media Communications LLC to Contentnexus LLC on 2025-06-09 (Reel 063533/0111) exhibits a shell-entity pattern with the assignee name "Contentnexus LLC". While Contentnexus LLC is not a publicly listed "known asserter," the pattern of an assignee with an LLC suffix, particularly when coupled with subsequent litigation (case 2:26-cv-00322), suggests a potential assertion strategy.

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