PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15926459
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["370", "254000"]

Abstract:
Applying a virtual network function (VNF) chain includes storing, in a shared data repository, configuration data used to configure VNFs of the VNF chain within a network node. Hierarchical version control of the configuration data allows VNF's, which are logically arranged in a sequential fashion, yet have the ability to process frames in parallel, to track which frames are governed by a hierarchy that may be manipulated based on external events such as fail-overs, or configuration changes.

Claim (Index 20):
The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 19 , the instructions, when executed, further causing the computer processor to:\n generate, based on an access history of the shared data repository by the plurality of sequential VNFs, a cache for reconfiguration of the plurality of VNFs, and retrieve, from the cache, a version of the configuration data block for sending to each VNF, wherein retrieving each configuration data block from the cache comprises selecting the previously retrieved version of the configuration data block for a subsequent VNF in response to detecting a cache hit for the same data frame from an upstream VNF in the VNF chain, and retrieving a latest version of the configuration data block otherwise.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.46667
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15081378', '14939674', '15197754', '14978569', '15342824']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5593161944158186
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.489647407179078
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5523493156921445
- Mean Citation Score: 181.84657
- Max Citation Score: 188.47908
- Similarity Product: 124.99258923733235

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