PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16026611
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["710", "314000"]

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a networked system includes network interface ports to couple to a computer data network, PCIe devices, bridge devices coupled to network interface ports, a PCIe network switch coupled between bridge devices and PCIe devices, and a configuration device communicatively coupled to bridge devices and PCIe devices. Ports transmit outgoing and receive incoming network traffic. PCIe devices support a function of the computer data network. Each bridge device receives incoming network traffic portions and transmits outgoing network traffic portions through a respective network interface port. PCIe network switch routes PCIe packets between the plurality of bridge devices and the plurality of PCIe devices. Configuration device configures and initializes the PCIe devices for commands and operations that originate from the bridge devices. Configuration device and the bridge devices collaborate together to provide multiple communication paths between the network ports and the plurality of PCIe devices to provide any-to-any connectivity.

Claim (Index 15):
A method for a networked system coupled in communication with a computer data network, the method comprising:\n configuring a plurality of collaborative switching devices to be a plurality of bridge devices respectively coupled to a plurality of network interface ports, each bridge device to receive a portion of incoming network traffic to the plurality of network interface ports, each bridge device to transmit a portion of outgoing network traffic through a respective network interface port; configuring another collaborative switching device to be to be a first configuration device coupled in communication with the plurality of bridge devices, the first configuration device further coupled in communication with a plurality of PCIe interface devices of a plurality of NVMe devices by a PCIe network switch, the first configuration device to configure and initialize the plurality of PCIe devices for commands and operations that originate from the plurality of bridge devices associated with the incoming network traffic from the computer data network; routing PCIe packets between the plurality of bridge devices and the plurality of PCIe interface devices of the plurality of NVMe devices; and collaborating the operation of the configuration device, the plurality of bridge devices, and the PCIe network switch together to provide multiple communication paths between the network interface ports and the plurality of PCIe interface devices to provide any-to-any connectivity between the computer data network and the plurality of NVMe devices.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.57143
- Patent Class: 710.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15489416', '15944682', '14843884', '14954691', '14191335']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6686760486706261
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4648617766942041
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.648294621472984
- Mean Citation Score: 185.09205
- Max Citation Score: 193.55307
- Similarity Product: 158.40771371642947

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

Dataset: test