PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15880207
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["455", "406000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for supporting customer charging in 5G networks are provided. Monitoring functions are instantiated at selected network locations for tracking access to network services. The monitoring functions provide charging information for use in customer billing. A customer can enter a service level agreement with a particular customized method of charging for service usage, and the monitoring functions can be customized to provide charging information according to the service level agreement. Charging can vary based on factors such as time of day, network congestion, service traffic characteristics, and geographic location.

Claim (Index 12):
The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing a database indicative of services being offered by one or more mobile network operators including an operator of the communication network, one or more service providers providing a set of services including the on-demand service, or a combination thereof, the database accessible to end users including an end user responsible for the UE.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63934
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15880056', '15169091', '15169182', '15798104', '15233285']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6876601997583695
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5449377353824875
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6733879533207812
- Mean Citation Score: 252.83753
- Max Citation Score: 397.32043
- Similarity Product: 293.0484749723876

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test