PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15867282
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["370", "254000"]

Abstract:
A method and system for enforcing network topology. The method includes receiving, at a first port on a first switch, a second role associated with a second switch, where the second switch is connected to the first switch using the first port, and where the first switch is associated with a first role. The method further includes making a first determination, using the first role, the second role, and a network topology policy, that the first switch should not be connected to the second switch. Sending, in response to the first determination, a first alert to an alert recipient, where the first alert specifies that the first switch is improperly connected to the second switch.

Claim (Index 38):
A switch, comprising:\n a plurality of ports; a processor; and memory comprising instructions, which when executed by the processor, enable the switch to:\n receive, at a first port of the plurality of ports, a second role associated with a second switch, and a second network ID associated with a second network, wherein the second switch is associated with the second network and is directly, physically connected to the switch using the first port, wherein the switch is associated with a first role and a first network ID, and wherein the first network ID is associated with a first network; \n make a determination, using the first role, the first network ID, the second role, the second network ID and a network topology policy, that the switch should not be directly, physically connected to the second switch, wherein the network topology policy specifies that the switch should only be directly, physically connected to network devices within the first network; and \n send, in response to the first determination, an alert to an alert recipient, wherein the alert specifies that the switch is improperly connected to the second switch.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.88889
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14225886', '14674285', '14490066', '13769159', '12315372']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5202333036389112
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5259974491870575
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5208097181937258
- Mean Citation Score: 201.466718
- Max Citation Score: 347.02066
- Similarity Product: 233.46443564034465

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

Dataset: test