PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16317375
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["455", "406000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method performed by a network node of managing online charging, and a network node performing the method. In an aspect of the invention, a method performed by a network node of managing online charging of sponsored data connectivity is provided. The method comprises receiving (S 101 ) a user request for service related to the sponsored data connectivity, estimating (S 102 ) a number of users that are expected to use said service, and acquiring (S 103 ), from an Online Charging System authorizing access to the sponsored data connectivity, authorisation for the estimated number of users that are expected to use said service. The method further comprises granting (S 104 ) the user access to the requested service with quota received with the authorisation from said Online Charging System, said quota being valid for a specified time period, and further granting (S 104 b ) any further user requesting (S 101 b ) said service access to the requested service with quota received with the authorisation until total quota authorised by the Online Charging System for the estimated number of users has been apportioned.

Claim (Index 9):
The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:\n denying users grant to access the requested service in case said Online Charging System does not authorize the access; acquiring a final service usage report from each user having accessed the service; and reporting, to said Online Charging System, quota used by each user as defined in the respective final service usage report.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.66667
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14891478', '14115796', '13637688', '15809645', '14530433']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7207096838835517
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5142676926173448
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7000654847569311
- Mean Citation Score: 287.060638
- Max Citation Score: 313.7437700000001
- Similarity Product: 233.1434029802484

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