PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15935285
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["455", "078000"]

Abstract:
The systems and methods described herein are directed to techniques for improving battery life performance of end devices in resource monitoring systems which transmit data using low-power, wide area network (LPWAN) technologies. Further, the techniques include providing sensor interfaces in the end devices configured to communicate with multiple types of metrology sensors. Additionally, the systems and methods include techniques for reducing the size of a concentrator of a gateway device which receives resource measurement data from end devices. The reduced size of the concentrator results in smaller, more compact gateway devices that consume less energy and reduce heat dissipation experienced in gateway devices. The concentrator may comply with modular interface standards, and include two radios configured for transmitting 1-watt signals. Lastly, the systems and methods include techniques for fully redundant radio architecture within a gateway device, allowing for maximum range and minimizing downtime due to transmission overlap.

Claim (Index 8):
A concentrator chip comprising:\n a printed circuit board (PCB); at least one processor, disposed on the PCB, and configured to perform power functions and interfacing functions for the concentrator chip; a multi-pin header module electrically coupled to at least one processor and removably coupled to a gateway device; multiple switching power supplies electrically coupled to the at least one processor; a baseband processor, disposed on the PCB, and configured to control a first radio of the concentrator chip and a second radio of the concentrator chip; the first radio, disposed on the PCB, comprising:\n a first transceiver; \n a first transmission path for transmitting one or more first signals; and \n a first receive path for receiving one or more second signals; \n the second radio, disposed on the PCB, comprising:\n a second transceiver; \n a second transmission path for transmitting one or more third signals; and \n a second receive path for receiving one or more fourth signals; \n a first antenna connector to transmit the one or more first signals for the first radio and to receive the one or more second signals for the first radio; and a second antenna connector to transmit the one or more third signals for the second radio and to receive the one or more fourth signals for the second radio; wherein a volume of the concentrator chip is less than 0.25 inches cubed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.70526
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15423500', '15423512', '15935323', '14656623', '13089798']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6832935782618889
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5245517972301026
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6674194001587103
- Mean Citation Score: 214.289812
- Max Citation Score: 351.01486
- Similarity Product: 343.07493788448687

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

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