Patent 8804727

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.

2000-09-22 · reel 011319/0770 · Assignment
HARVEY, JOHN C., CUDDIHY, JAMES W.PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.
Correspondent: KENNETH S. WEISS · WEISS & WEISS
Internal transfer from inventors to the original assignee
2025-06-09 · reel 066708/0462 · Assignment
PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC CONTENTNEXUS LLC
Correspondent: LINDEMAN, TINA · DOCKETING DIRECT
Transfer to new entity

Assignment history

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Inventors

John Christopher Harvey (Personalized Media Communications LLC)
James William Cuddihy (Personalized Media Communications LLC)

Original assignee

Personalized Media Communications LLC. The patent abstract describes "an integrated system of programming communication" and methods for processing signals, including "automating the handling, recording, and retransmitting of television, radio, computer, and other electronically transmitted programming". Given the broad nature of the claims and the assignee's consistent involvement in patent litigation (as noted in the Google Patents legal status, which mentions "Family has litigation"), it is unclear whether they shipped a product directly embodying the claims or primarily engaged in licensing and assertion. Their current status is unclear based solely on the patent text and Google Patents entry; however, the reassignment in 2025 indicates a change of ownership.

Assignment timeline

2000-09-22 (executed) / recorded 2000-09-22 — Reel 011319/0770
- Conveyance: Assignment
- Assignor: HARVEY, JOHN C., CUDDIHY, JAMES W.
- Assignee: PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.
- Correspondent: KENNETH S. WEISS, ESQ., WEISS & WEISS, 20700 VENTURA BLVD SUITE 303, WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91364.
- Context: Internal transfer from inventors to the original assignee.
2025-06-09 (executed) / recorded 2025-06-09 — Reel 066708/0462
- Conveyance: Assignment
- Assignor: PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
- Assignee: CONTENTNEXUS LLC
- Correspondent: LINDEMAN, TINA, DOCKETING DIRECT, INC., 2000 M STREET NW, SUITE 700, WASHINGTON, DC 20036.
- Context: Transfer to new entity.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 8804727
    1995 : Application filed by Personalized Media Communications LLC
    2000 : Assigned to Personalized Media Communications LLC
    2014 : Patent granted
    2025 : Assigned to Contentnexus LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — present. The transfer from Personalized Media Communications LLC to Contentnexus LLC on 2025-06-09 (Reel 066708/0462) suggests this pattern. Personalized Media Communications LLC has a history of patent litigation. Contentnexus LLC, as a relatively new entity (formed in 2025 as the assignee) with a name like "Contentnexus LLC" and no clear product ties evident from the patent record, is consistent with a licensing-only entity.
Known asserter in the chain — present. Personalized Media Communications LLC, the original assignee, is known for extensive patent litigation. The Google Patents legal status explicitly states "Family has litigation" and links to Darts-ip and Unified Patents litigation data, which frequently list NPEs.
Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. The correspondent for the 2000 assignment was Kenneth S. Weiss of Weiss & Weiss. The correspondent for the 2025 assignment was Tina Lindeman of Docketing Direct, Inc. These are different.
Cascading transfers — not present. There are only two recorded assignments, spaced 25 years apart, not multiple consecutive transfers within a short period.
Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. The patent was granted in 2014, and the earliest recorded litigation on Google Patents is not clearly tied to the 2025 assignment date. While the Google Patents page mentions litigation, the provided snippets do not specify when the first suit related to this specific patent was filed in relation to the 2025 assignment.
Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication from the assignment records or Google Patents data that Personalized Media Communications LLC or Contentnexus LLC have filed for bankruptcy.
Privateering — unclear. There's no information in the provided context to suggest an operating company transferred the patent to an NPE to assert on its behalf.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain ends with Contentnexus LLC, which is not a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

This verdict is based on the presence of a known asserter (Personalized Media Communications LLC) in the chain and the subsequent transfer to a likely shell entity (Contentnexus LLC) in 2025 (Reel 066708/0462). Personalized Media Communications LLC has a documented history of patent litigation, as evidenced by the "Family has litigation" flag and links to litigation data on the Google Patents page, which is a strong indicator of NPE activity. The transfer to Contentnexus LLC, an entity whose name and timing of acquisition (after the patent's issuance) suggest a focus on licensing or assertion rather than product development, further supports this conclusion.

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