PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16138524
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["713", "168000"]

Abstract:
A network function (NF) entity in a communication network receives session request data associated with a User Equipment (UE), which includes blockchain authentication data. The NF entity selects a Blockchain Authentication Function (BAF) entity based on the session request data, and exchanges at least a portion of the blockchain authentication data with the BAF entity over a blockchain network interface. The NF entity further receives authentication confirmation data from the BAF entity over the blockchain network interface, and establishes a data session associated with the UE based on the authentication confirmation data.

Claim (Index 13):
The NF device of  claim 12 , wherein the blockchain authentication data includes blockchain credentials associated with the UE, and\n wherein the process to exchange the blockchain authentication data with the BAF entity is further operable to exchange the blockchain credentials associated with the UE over the blockchain network interface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26087
- Patent Class: 713.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16134887', '16107794', '15849694', '15886257', '16042828']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4042496132188802
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5969882689739429
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4235234787943865
- Mean Citation Score: 238.130566
- Max Citation Score: 350.68524
- Similarity Product: 267.14912818096883

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