PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16031502
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["370", "230000"]

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by one or more processors, a weight of a link between a first node and a second node of a network, wherein the weight is proportional to a probability value of forwarding a probe packet from the first node to the second node of the network. The method also includes adjusting, by the processors, the weight of the link between the first node and the second node using binary exponential backoff. The method further includes determining, by the processors, to forward the probe packet to the second node of the network based on the adjusted weight of the link and one or more field values of the probe packet.

Claim (Index 3):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein adjusting the weight of the link between the first node and the second node using binary exponential backoff comprises:\n calculating, by the processors, a probing rate of the link between the first node and the second node; determining, by the processors, that the probing rate of the link is below a minimum probe rate constraint; doubling, by the processors, the weight of the link based on the determination; and doubling, by the processors, a weight of the second node based on the determination; wherein:\n the minimum probe rate constraint represents a minimum number of times to probe the link within a certain period of time; and \n doubling the weight of the link increases the probability value of forwarding the probe packet to the second node of the network.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.70213
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14688554', '14320052', '15836540', '13583857', '13138924']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5368441638202652
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4857420542736982
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5317339528656085
- Mean Citation Score: 160.788044
- Max Citation Score: 164.66423
- Similarity Product: 107.90384526101232

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

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