PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15915084
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["710", "111000"]

Abstract:
A connection management method for a plurality of networked devices, the method constituted of: assigning a priority value to each of the devices, the priority value representing a priority level associated with the respective device; receiving a plurality of connection requests, each of the connection requests being associated with a respective one of the plurality of devices; for each of the received connection requests, tracking the amount of time the respective device has been waiting for connection; for each of the received connection requests, assigning an arbitration wait time value representing the tracked amount of time; responsive to the assigned priority values and the assigned arbitration wait time values, connecting the device associated with one of the received connection requests to an expander port; and responsive to the connection, adjusting the respective priority value assigned to the connected device.

Claim (Index 6):
A serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) expander comprising:\n a plurality of first expander ports, each of said plurality of first expander ports comprising a physical layer and a link layer, said physical layer in communication with a respective one of a plurality of networked devices; a resolver having stored thereon a plurality of priority values, each representing a priority level associated with a respective one of the plurality of devices; an expander connection manager; and a second expander port, wherein, for each of a plurality of connection requests, each received at said respective physical layer from a respective one of the plurality of devices, said respective link layer is arranged to:\n retrieve from said resolver said priority value assigned to the respective device; \n track the amount of time the respective device has been waiting for connection; \n assign an arbitration wait time value representing said tracked amount of time; and \n transmit to said expander connection manager said connection request, said retrieved priority value and said assigned arbitration wait time value, \n wherein said expander connection manager is arranged, responsive to said transmitted priority values and arbitration wait time values, to allow connection for the device associated with one of said transmitted connection requests to said second expander port, and wherein responsive to said connection, said resolver is arranged to adjust said respective priority value assigned to said connected device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.0
- Patent Class: 710.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12507859', '11390182', '15297625', '13776160', '13709102']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6996598327460871
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5151094921045832
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6812047986819367
- Mean Citation Score: 276.12127200000003
- Max Citation Score: 317.42615
- Similarity Product: 211.0410774588704

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

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