US 8,559,635 Signal processing apparatus and methods

7 defendants · 7 suits · updated September 14, 2026

Also cited as U.S. Patent No. 8,559,635 · US8559635B1 · US 8,559,635 B1 · 8559635 · the '635 patent

ContentNexus LLC has filed 7 patent-infringement suits on US 8,559,635, "Signal processing apparatus and methods" since August 18, 2026, all in the E.D. Tex., against 7 distinct defendants including Amagi Media Labs Limited, G-Core Labs S.A. and Gameloft SE. The patent was granted October 15, 2013 on a priority date of November 3, 1981. Its abstract opens: "A unified system of programming communication." The examiner cited 9 references during prosecution.

Assignee: Contentnexus LLC
Priority date: November 3, 1981
Granted: October 15, 2013
Expires: November 3, 2001
Status: Active - Reinstated
Claims: 33 (12 independent)
Inventors: John Christopher Harvey, James William Cuddihy
Full text: Google Patents

The suits

7 cases · E.D. Tex. (7)

Filed	Defendant	Plaintiff	Court	Docket
2026-08-18	Amagi Media Labs Limited	ContentNexus LLC	E.D. Tex.	2:26-cv-00700
2026-08-18	G-Core Labs S.A.	ContentNexus LLC	E.D. Tex.	2:26-cv-00702
2026-08-18	Gameloft SE	ContentNexus LLC	E.D. Tex.	2:26-cv-00701
2026-08-18	Reolink Digital Technology Co., Ltd.	ContentNexus LLC	E.D. Tex.	2:26-cv-00704
2026-08-18	Sephora SA	ContentNexus LLC	E.D. Tex.	2:26-cv-00705
2026-08-18	Smart Advertising Technologies Limited	ContentNexus LLC	E.D. Tex.	2:26-cv-00707
2026-08-18	Vertigo Studios B.V.	ContentNexus LLC	E.D. Tex.	2:26-cv-00708

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Independent claims

What is actually asserted, verbatim.

Claim 1

1. A method for controlling the decryption of encrypted programming at a subscriber station, said method comprising the steps of: receiving encrypted digital programming, said encrypted digital programming having an encrypted digital control signal; detecting said control signal; passing said control signal to a decryptor that decrypts encrypted digital data at said subscriber station; decrypting said control signal; decrypting said encrypted digital programming to form decrypted programming based on said control signal; and presenting said decrypted programming to a viewer or listener.

Claim 2

2. A method for controlling the decryption of programming at a subscriber station, said method comprising the steps of: receiving programming, said programming having a first encrypted digital control signal portion and an encrypted digital information portion; detecting said first encrypted digital control signal portion of said programming; passing said first encrypted digital control signal portion of said programming to a first decryptor at said subscriber station; decrypting said first encrypted digital control signal portion of said programming using said first decryptor at said subscriber station; passing said encrypted digital information portion of said programming and the decrypted control signal portion to a second decryptor at said subscriber station; decrypting said encrypted digital information portion of said programming using said second decryptor at said subscriber station based on the decrypted control signal portion; and presenting said programming.

Claim 3

3. A method of controlling a remote transmitter station to communicate program material to a subscriber station and controlling said subscriber station to process or output a unit of programming, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a control signal which operates at the remote transmitter station to control the communication of a unit of programming and one or more first instruct signals and communicating said control signal to said remote transmitter station; receiving a code or datum identifying a unit of programming to be transmitted by the remote transmitter station, said remote transmitter station transferring said unit of programming to a transmitter; receiving at said remote transmitter station one or more second instruct signals which operate at the subscriber station to identify and decrypt said unit of programming or said one or more first instruct signals, said remote transmitter station transferring said one or more second instruct signals to said transmitter; and transmitting from said remote transmitter station an information transmission comprising said unit of programming, said one or more first instruct signals, and said one or more second instruct signals, said one or more first instruct signals being transmitted in accordance with said control signal.

Claim 10

10. A method of controlling at least one of a plurality of receiver stations, said method comprising the steps of: receiving downloadable code which is effective at said at least one of said plurality of receiver stations to implement a new technique of decrypting and delivering the downloadable code to at least one transmitter; receiving at least one control signal which at said at least one of said plurality of receiver stations directly operates to execute the downloadable code; and causing said at least one control signal to be communicated to said at least one transmitter at a specific time, thereby to transmit at least one information transmission, wherein each information transmission includes the downloadable code and said at least one control signal.

Claim 12

12. A method of communicating digital television program material to one or more receiver stations, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a digital television program at a transmitter station and delivering said digital television program to a transmitter; receiving and storing one or more instruct signals at said transmitter station, said one or more instruct signals at said one or more receiver stations operative to implement a new technique of decrypting; transferring in accordance with a predetermined schedule said one or more instruct signals to said transmitter; and transmitting said digital television program and said one or more instruct signals from said transmitter station to said one or more receiver stations.

Claim 13

13. A method of processing signals at a receiver station comprising the steps of: receiving at least one information transmission; detecting a plurality of signals in said at least one information transmission; changing a decryption technique in response to at least a first of said plurality of signals; decrypting a second of said plurality of signals on the basis of said changed decryption technique, wherein said decrypted second of said plurality of signals is embedded with executable instructions; passing said decrypted second of said plurality of signals to a controllable device; and controlling said controllable device on the basis of said embedded executable instructions of said passed decrypted second of said plurality of signals.

Claim 18

18. A method of processing signals at a receiver station comprising the steps of: receiving at least one encrypted digital information transmission, wherein the at least one encrypted digital information transmission is unaccompanied by any non-digital information transmission; locating code; passing said code to a processor; controlling a decryptor that decrypts encrypted digital data to decrypt in a specific fashion on the basis of said code; decrypting a portion of said at least one information transmission in said specific fashion; and passing said decrypted portion of said at least one encrypted digital information transmission to one of said processor and an output device.

Claim 19

19. A method of controlling a receiver station to detect digital data and control a decryptor that decrypts encrypted digital data based on a varying pattern of timing or location, said method of controlling comprising the steps of: receiving programming and delivering said programming to a transmitter; receiving digital data comprising at least an instruct signal and communicating said digital data to a signal embedder, said instruct signal operative at said receiver station to control said decryptor; controlling said signal embedder to embed said digital data in an encrypted digital information transmission in a varying pattern of timing or location; communicating said encrypted digital information transmission to said transmitter; transmitting said programming; and transmitting said encrypted digital information transmission including said digital data separately from said transmitted programming.

Claim 20

20. A method of processing signals at a receiver station comprising the steps of: receiving at least one encrypted digital information transmission, wherein the at least one encrypted digital information transmission is unaccompanied by any non-digital information transmission; detecting a plurality of signals on said at least one encrypted digital information transmission; decrypting at least one of said plurality of signals, said at least one decrypted signal embedded with at least one instruct signal which is effective to instruct; passing the at least one decrypted instruct signal to a controllable device; and controlling said controllable device on the basis of decrypted information included in said at least one decrypted instruct signal.

Claim 21

21. A method for decryptor activation in a network comprising: receiving a transmission comprising encrypted materials; decrypting under first processor control a first portion of said encrypted materials in said transmission; inputting said first portion of said encrypted materials to a decryptor; decrypting under second processor control a second portion of said encrypted materials based on said step of decrypting said first portion of said encrypted materials.

Claim 32

32. A method of processing signals at a receiver station comprising the steps of: receiving one or more encrypted digital information transmissions at said receiver station, wherein said one or more encrypted digital information transmissions are unaccompanied by any non-digital information transmission; detecting a plurality of signals on said one or more encrypted digital information transmissions, at least a first of one of said plurality of signals including a control signal; controlling a decryptor that decrypts encrypted digital data in response to said control signal; decrypting or enabling communication of at least a second of said plurality of signals on the basis of said step of controlling said decryptor; passing said decrypted or enabled at least said second of said plurality of signals to a controllable device; and controlling said controllable device by processing instructions embedded in said passed decrypted or enabled at least said second of said plurality of signals.

Claim 33

33. A method of processing signals at a receiver station comprising the steps of: receiving at least one encrypted digital information transmission, wherein the at least one encrypted digital information transmission is unaccompanied by any non-digital information transmission; identifying a plurality of signals in said at least one encrypted digital information transmission; selecting, by processing selection criteria, a first signal of said plurality of signals including downloadable code; passing said downloadable code to a processor; controlling a decryptor that decrypts encrypted digital data to decrypt in a specific fashion on the basis of said downloadable code; decrypting at least one second signal of said plurality of signals in said specific fashion; and passing said at least one second signal to one of said processor and an output device.

Art before the examiner

1196 references of record, 9 cited by the examiner.

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US4546387A — Circuit for providing accurately spaced video and sound carriers
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US4550407A — Method of analyzing broadcast data, a network analyzer implementing such a method, and receiver equipment using such an analyzer
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US4574305A — Remote hub television and security systems
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US4578718A — Control arrangement and method for video tape recorder
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US4580165A — Graphic video overlay system providing stable computer graphics overlayed with video image
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US4584641A — Copyprotecting system for software protection
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US4589064A — System for controlling key storage unit which controls access to main storage
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US4591248A — Dynamic audience responsive movie system
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US4593376A — System for vending program cartridges which have circuitry for inhibiting program usage after preset time interval expires
US4593353A — Software protection method and apparatus
US4592546A — Game of skill playable by remote participants in conjunction with a live event
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US4594609A — Scrambling system for television video signal
US4595951A — Teletext decoder using a common memory
US4595952A — Teletext decoder having a register array for operating on pixel words
US4596021A — Modem for switching between voice and data communications on a single telephone call
US4597058A — Cartridge programming system
US4598318A — Video encryption system
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US4599611A — Interactive computer-based information display system
US4599647A — Receiver with interface for interaction with controller-decoder
US4600918A — Equipment for reproduction of alphanumerical data
US4600942A — Secure coding and decoding system and method for television program signals
US4600921A — Full-field teletext system with dynamic addressability
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US4605973A — System, apparatus and method for recording and editing broadcast transmissions
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US4611242A — Two mode scrambling system using identifier pulse in vertical blanking interval
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US4614971A — Error eliminating system for teletext
US4614972A — Teletext receiver
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US4620229A — Picture display device
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US4621285A — Protected television signal distribution system
US4621259A — Consumer electronics equipment combination consisting of a television receiver and of a video recording and/or reproducing apparatus
US4623920A — Cable network data transmission system
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US4626892A — Television system with menu like function control selection
US4626909A — Video signal recording and reproducing system with automatic channel and time selection
US4628358A — Television signal encryption system with protected audio
US4630262A — Method and system for transmitting digitized voice signals as packets of bits
US4631585A — Apparatus for synchronizing the operation of a microprocessor with a television synchronization signal useful in generating an on-screen character display
US4633297A — Television receiver having teletext processor with ROM for on-screen message
USRE32326E — Row grabbing system
US4635121A — Arrangement for the programmable control of a radio and/or television receiver
US4634807A — Software protection device
US4634808A — Descrambler subscriber key production system utilizing key seeds stored in descrambler
US4636851A — Signal coding for secure transmission
US4636858A — Extracting digital data from a bus and multiplexing it with a video signal
US4636854A — Transmission system
US4638359A — Remote control switching of television sources
US4638181A — Signal source selector
US4638357A — Audio scrambler
US4639779A — Method and apparatus for the automatic identification and verification of television broadcast programs
US4639890A — Video display system using memory with parallel and serial access employing selectable cascaded serial shift registers
US4641253A — Process for synchronizing computer video with independent audio
US4641205A — Television system scheduler with on-screen menu type programming prompting apparatus
US4641307A — Data packet transmission using shared channel
US4642688A — Method and apparatus for creating encrypted and decrypted television signals
GB2141897B — Scrambled television sound signals
US4644396A — Gate circuit for central control of CATV system
US4646075A — System and method for a data processing pipeline
US4646145A — Television viewer reaction determining systems
US4647974A — Station signature system
US4647964A — Technique for testing television commercials
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Classification

H04N21/236primary — Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream
H04N21/43072primary — Synchronising the rendering of multiple content streams or additional data on devices, e.g. synchronisation of audio on a mobile phone with the video output on the TV screen of multiple content streams on the same device
G01R1/071 — Non contact-making probes containing electro-optic elements
G06Q30/0251 — Targeted advertisements
H04H20/14 — Arrangements for observation, testing or troubleshooting for monitoring programmes
H04H20/28 — Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
H04H20/30 — Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information by a single channel
H04H2201/70 — Aspects of broadcast communication characterised in that receivers can be addressed
H04H40/18 — Arrangements characterised by circuits or components specially adapted for receiving
H04H60/13 — Arrangements for device control affected by the broadcast information
H04H60/21 — Billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information
H04H60/23 — Arrangements for conditional access to broadcast information or to broadcast-related services using cryptography, e.g. encryption, authentication, key distribution
H04H60/27 — Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
H04H60/31 — Arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services
H04H60/33 — Arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions
H04H60/37 — Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
H04H60/40 — Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying broadcast time or space for identifying broadcast time
H04H60/41 — Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying broadcast time or space for identifying broadcast space, i.e. broadcast channels, broadcast stations or broadcast areas
H04H60/94 — Telephonic networks
H04K1/00 — Secret communication
H04N21/00 — Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
H04N21/20 — Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
H04N21/21 — Server components or server architectures
H04N21/21815 — Source of audio or video content, e.g. local disk arrays comprising local storage units
H04N21/222 — Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end
H04N21/235 — Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
H04N21/2351 — Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors involving encryption of additional data
H04N21/23892 — Multiplex stream processing, e.g. multiplex stream encrypting involving embedding information at multiplex stream level, e.g. embedding a watermark at packet level
H04N21/2407 — Monitoring of transmitted content, e.g. distribution time, number of downloads
H04N21/25 — Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
H04N21/2541 — Rights Management
H04N21/2543 — Billing, e.g. for subscription services
H04N21/41 — Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
H04N21/4117 — Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices for generating hard copies of the content, e.g. printer, electronic paper
H04N21/4131 — Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices
H04N21/4135 — Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices external recorder
H04N21/41415 — Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk
H04N21/4143 — Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
H04N21/4184 — External card to be used in combination with the client device, e.g. for conditional access providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
H04N21/426 — Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof
H04N21/42684 — Client identification by a unique number or address, e.g. serial number, MAC address, socket ID
H04N21/4307 — Synchronising the rendering of multiple content streams or additional data on devices, e.g. synchronisation of audio on a mobile phone with the video output on the TV screen
H04N21/432 — Content retrieval operation from a local storage medium, e.g. hard-disk
H04N21/4325 — Content retrieval operation from a local storage medium, e.g. hard-disk by playing back content from the storage medium
H04N21/434 — Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream
H04N21/4353 — Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream involving decryption of additional data
H04N21/43615 — Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals
H04N21/4363 — Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network
H04N21/4382 — Demodulation or channel decoding, e.g. QPSK demodulation
H04N21/4385 — Multiplex stream processing, e.g. multiplex stream decrypting
H04N21/4405 — Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs involving video stream decryption
H04N21/44227 — Monitoring of local network, e.g. connection or bandwidth variations; Detecting new devices in the local network
H04N21/4432 — Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server
H04N21/45 — Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
H04N21/4532 — Management of client data or end-user data involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences
H04N21/454 — Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
H04N21/458 — Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations
H04N21/4622 — Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet
H04N21/47 — End-user applications
H04N21/472 — End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content
H04N21/488 — Data services, e.g. news ticker
H04N21/4888 — Data services, e.g. news ticker for displaying teletext characters
H04N21/63 — Control signaling related to video distribution between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients or between remote clients, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing
H04N21/633 — Control signals issued by server directed to the network components or client
H04N21/6543 — Transmission by server directed to the client for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording
H04N21/6582 — Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number
H04N21/818 — OS software
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H04N5/46 — Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards for receiving on more than one standard at will
H04N5/782 — Television signal recording using magnetic recording on tape
H04N7/08 — Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division
H04N7/084 — Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the horizontal blanking interval only
H04N7/14 — Systems for two-way working
H04N7/173 — Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
H04N7/24 — Systems for the transmission of television signals using pulse code modulation

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Abstract

A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77 ) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205 ), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers ( 73, 205 ), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors ( 202 ), speakers ( 263 ), printers ( 221 ), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs ( 74, 77, 97, 98 ) cause control processors ( 71 ) and computers ( 73 ) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers ( 53 ), recorder/players ( 76 ), computers ( 73 ), generators ( 82 ), strippers ( 81 ), etc. At receiver stations, signals in received transmissions and from local inputs ( 225, 218, 22 ) cause control processors ( 200 ) and computers ( 205 ) to automate connection and operation of converters ( 201 ), tuners ( 215 ), decryptors ( 224 ), recorder/players ( 217 ), computers ( 205 ), furnaces ( 206 ), etc. Processors ( 71, 200 ) meter and monitor availability and usage of programming.

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