PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16051323
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["398", "045000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for asymmetric distribution of mixed content via a network. Current optical fiber-based access network technologies are multiplexed onto the same fiber for delivery via a common Optical Distribution Network (ODN). Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to combining (using optical multiplexing and power splitting) two or more optical user-technologies onto a single Passive Optical Network (PON) while maintaining an independent serving group size and operational independence for each of the combined user-technologies. The disclosed methods and apparatus allow the so-called “outside plant” architecture (i.e., the fiber optic infrastructure from the headend to the customer premises) to be independent of the user-technologies and network architecture that are provided via the outside plant.

Claim (Index 24):
The method of  claim 21 , further comprising performing one of (i) amplifying an optical signal power, or (ii) attenuating the optical signal power, according at least to a respective physical distance between the at least one second optical splitter and a user premise correlated to each of the individual ones of the plurality of user devices, the amplifying or attenuating the optical signal power corresponding to the combined output delivered to the individual ones of the plurality of user devices.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59756
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15614446', '14733694', '14593867', '15948943', '14936414']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7244328703502055
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.572110615196342
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7092006448348191
- Mean Citation Score: 331.01421
- Max Citation Score: 466.91382
- Similarity Product: 317.1666867347717

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

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