PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15944522
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["235", "385000"]

Abstract:
A system and method are provided for indicating an existence of a link to information pertaining to an article of commerce. The present disclosure provides for downloading a look-up table from a server database to a mobile device via a communication network. The look-up table is configured to store a plurality of UPC numbers associated with a plurality of articles of commerce and a plurality of information link indicators. Each information link indicator is associated with a respective UPC number and article of commerce and indicates the existence of a link via the communication network to information pertaining to the respective article of commerce. The mobile device allows a consumer to immediately determine if product information is available for a particular article of commerce, via a visual or audible indication on the mobile device.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for indicating an existence of a link to information pertaining to an article of commerce, the system comprising:\n a mobile device comprising a portable handheld housing and a communication interface configured to enable the mobile device to communicate with a communication network, the mobile device further comprising a signal processing device and a visual input device, the visual input device affixed within the portable handheld housing; digital files associated with the mobile device, a server in communication with the communication network, the server comprising a server database configured to store a look-up table that includes at least a plurality of bar codes associated with a plurality of articles of commerce, the look-up table also storing a plurality of information link indicators, each information link indicator associated with a respective bar code and article of commerce, and each information link indicator being configured as a status signal indicating the existence or absence of a link to information pertaining to a respective article of commerce, the link being made to the information via the communication network; wherein the visual input device is configured to scan an image of an article of commerce, decode the image to obtain a bar code and forward data from the scanned image to the signal processing device; wherein, in response to receiving the bar code, the signal processing device is configured to look up the bar code in the look-up table to determine from a respective information link indicator whether or not a link exists for accessing information pertaining to an article of commerce associated with the bar code via the communication network.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 74.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.1875
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14731817', '14294800', '15267594', '13922888', '10866648']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5841146621368514
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5148082004069232
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5771840159638586
- Mean Citation Score: 311.660136
- Max Citation Score: 347.94235
- Similarity Product: 335.5462675093383

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

Dataset: test