PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16040848
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["340", "572400"]

Abstract:
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring RFID tags in a retail facility. In some embodiments, a system comprises an RFID tag, a first RFID reader monitoring a first zone and configured to determine, based on a signal received from the RFID tag, that the RFID tag is moving toward the second zone, transmit, to a second RFID reader monitoring the second zone, a notification indicating that the RFID tag is moving toward the second zone, and in response to receipt of a confirmation message from the second RFID reader, instruct the RFID tag to remain in its current state, and cease communication with the RFID tag, the second RFID reader configured to receive, from the first RFID reader, the notification, transmit, to the first RFID reader, the confirmation message, and transmit, to the RFID tag, a signal.

Claim (Index 10):
A method for monitoring radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in a retail facility, the method comprising:\n determining, by a first RFID reader based on a signal received from an RFID tag, that the RFID tag is moving toward a second zone; transmitting, to a second RFID reader monitoring the second zone, a notification indicating that the RFID tag is moving toward the second zone; receiving, by the first RFID reader, a confirmation message; instructing, by the first RFID reader, the RFID tag to remain in its current state; ceasing, by the first RFID reader, communication with the RFID tag; and transmitting, by the second RFID reader, a signal to the RFID tag.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.89474
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15885992', '15372458', '15096928', '13862354', '15830990']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6341380761165836
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4968134799969185
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.620405616504617
- Mean Citation Score: 183.661058
- Max Citation Score: 191.07867
- Similarity Product: 128.18683011872469

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

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