PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15917016
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
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. Charging can be reduced by a customer voluntarily reducing service quality, and/or if access is through a Wi-Fi network. Customers can dynamically control traffic to control charging. Charging rates under high-demand conditions can be negotiated via bidding. User-in-the-loop charging can be performed. Charging options for functions such as VNFaaS functions, data caching, pre-fetching, and context sharing are also provided.

Claim (Index 16):
A method for collecting information associated with use of a service provided by a communication network, comprising actions at a monitoring function, of:\n monitoring traffic flows associated with a user equipment (UE) that terminate within the communications network; and providing an alert to a traffic alert function (TAR).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84615
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15880056', '15880207', '15169091', '15169182', '14297073']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6690151115721892
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5320645272254916
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6553200531375195
- Mean Citation Score: 267.638166
- Max Citation Score: 347.4267
- Similarity Product: 256.08795315200683

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

Dataset: test