PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16026611
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["710", "314000"]

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a networked system includes network interface ports to couple to a computer data network, PCIe devices, bridge devices coupled to network interface ports, a PCIe network switch coupled between bridge devices and PCIe devices, and a configuration device communicatively coupled to bridge devices and PCIe devices. Ports transmit outgoing and receive incoming network traffic. PCIe devices support a function of the computer data network. Each bridge device receives incoming network traffic portions and transmits outgoing network traffic portions through a respective network interface port. PCIe network switch routes PCIe packets between the plurality of bridge devices and the plurality of PCIe devices. Configuration device configures and initializes the PCIe devices for commands and operations that originate from the bridge devices. Configuration device and the bridge devices collaborate together to provide multiple communication paths between the network ports and the plurality of PCIe devices to provide any-to-any connectivity.

Claim (Index 12):
The networked system of  claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of bridge devices include\n a network interface to couple to the network interface ports to receive incoming network packets associated with one or more NVMe storage devices and transmit outgoing network packets associated with one or more client computers; a PCIe interface to couple to the PCIe network switch and in communication with the plurality of NVMe drives; an inter-device network interface to couple to the inter-device network in communication with all other bridge devices of the plurality of bridge devices; an NVMe command processor/router coupled to the network interface, the NVMe command processor/router to decapuslate network packets into NVMe commands and data and steer the NVMe commands and data towards the associated NVMe devices through the PCIe network switch, the NVMe command processor/router to encapsulate NVMe commands and data from the associated NVMe devices into network packets and steer the network packets towards the associated one or more client computers through the network interface; a plurality of queue pairs coupled to the NVMe command processor/router, the plurality of queue pairs to store NVMe commands and data respectively associated with the plurality of NVMe storage devices; and a network management processor coupled to the NVMe command processor/router, the plurality of queue pairs, the inter-device network, and the PCIe interface, the network management processor to receive inter-device communication and collaborate with all other bridge devices in performing network operations and providing any-to-any connection access between client computers and the plurality of NVMe storage devices over the computer data network, the network management processor further controlling the flow of NVMe commands and data between the network interface and the PCIe interface through the plurality of queue pairs.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.57143
- Patent Class: 710.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15489416', '15944682', '14843884', '14954691', '14191335']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6939469768913583
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4695530217494296
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6715075813771654
- Mean Citation Score: 185.09205
- Max Citation Score: 193.55307
- Similarity Product: 155.0363319119489

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

Dataset: test