PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16010191
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["398", "127000"]

Abstract:
A reconfigurable free-space optical inter-rack network includes a plurality of server racks, each including at least one switch mounted on a top thereof, where each top mounted switch includes a plurality of free-space-optic link connector, each with a free-space optical connection to a free-space-optic link connector on another top-mounted switch, a single ceiling mirror above the plurality of server racks that substantially covers the plurality of server racks, wherein the single ceiling mirror redirects optical connections between pairs of free-space-optic link connectors to provide a clear lines-of-sight between each pair of connected free-space-optic link connectors, and a controller that preconfigures a free-space optical network connecting the plurality of server racks by establishing connections between pairs of free-space-optic link connectors, and that reconfigures connections between pairs of free-space-optic link connectors in response to network traffic demands and events.

Claim (Index 1):
A reconfigurable free-space optical inter-rack network, comprising:\n a plurality of server racks, each including at least one switch mounted on a top thereof; wherein each top-mounted switch includes a plurality of free-space-optic link connector, each with a free-space optical connection to a free-space-optic link connector on another top-mounted switch; a plurality of ceiling mirrors above the plurality of server racks, wherein each of the plurality of ceiling mirrors has an area that is smaller than an area of the top of a server rack, wherein each single ceiling mirror redirects optical connections between one or more pairs of free-space-optic link connectors to provide a clear lines-of-sight between each pair of connected free-space-optic link connectors; and a controller that preconfigures a free-space optical network connecting the plurality of server racks by establishing connections between pairs of free-space-optic link connectors, and that reconfigures connections between pairs of free-space-optic link connectors in response to network traffic demands and events.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26562
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14934863', '10017785', '10289662', '14057133', '14869177']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.639039231961547
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6200211344181614
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6371374222072085
- Mean Citation Score: 235.12282400000004
- Max Citation Score: 526.5748
- Similarity Product: 496.5583199458122

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

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