PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947466
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["370", "329000"]

Abstract:
Communication between a source device and one or more pairs of accessory devices and between accessory devices within pairs of accessory devices is scheduled using slot availability masks (SAMs). A primary accessory device provides to the source device information about requirements for communication between the primary accessory device and a secondary accessory device. The source device determines a SAM map that specifies a periodic cycle of time slots, with time slots marked as available or unavailable for transmission and/or reception. The SAM map satisfies requirements to avoid collisions between communication between the source device and the accessory devices and communication between accessory devices within pairs of accessory devices. When multiple pairs of accessory devices establish connections with the source device, internal communication between accessory devices within pairs of accessory devices are aligned to use at least a common overlapping set of time slots.

Claim (Index 18):
A source device comprising:\n a set of antennas communicatively coupled to wireless circuitry configurable to transmit and receive radio frequency signals; and processing circuitry comprising one or more processors communicatively coupled to a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the source device to perform a method comprising:\n establishing a first wireless connection with a primary accessory device of a pair of accessory devices; and \n when the primary accessory device supports scheduled communication using time slot masking:\n obtaining from the primary accessory device communication time slot availability requirements; \n providing to the primary accessory device a time slot mask that specifies time slot availability requirements for communication between the source device and the primary accessory device over a cycle of time slots; and \n communicating with the primary accessory device in accordance with the time slot mask, \n wherein the time slot mask indicates one or more time slots during which the primary accessory device can communicate with a secondary accessory device paired via a second wireless connection.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17143
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14961299', '15171310', '15425855', '14961265', '14834540']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.527045174160614
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4686175197643407
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5212024087209867
- Mean Citation Score: 174.75940599999996
- Max Citation Score: 183.66023
- Similarity Product: 144.32505461306394

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

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