PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15859941
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["709", "224000"]

Abstract:
A network functions virtualization (NFV) network can be configured to operate according to NFV protocols that decouple software functionality from specific hardware elements. A referent system can be provided that identifies a precise physical location of devices associated with the NFV network relative to other equipment or devices associated with the NFV network.

Claim (Index 1):
A network device, comprising:\n a device housing, comprising:\n a processor; and \n a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:\n generating a network function according to a network functions virtualization protocol that defines rules relating to functions of a network being provided in a virtual environment generated by the network device, wherein the network function is associated with maintaining a location data structure that is indicative of a location of the network device that comprises the device housing; \n generating referent identifier data according to a referent system that is indicative of physical locations, wherein the referent identifier data comprises:\n device data that identifies the network device that comprises the device housing; and \n reference data that identifies a physical structure that houses the network device that comprises the device housing; and \n \n storing the referent identifier data to the location data structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.425
- Patent Class: 709.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15718861', '13646654', '13646650', '10160659', '15079712']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.234462616278869
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4581835042431451
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.2568347050752967
- Mean Citation Score: 100.451856
- Max Citation Score: 110.8928
- Similarity Product: 78.57992527389527

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

Dataset: test