PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15768573
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["709", "204000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method, in particular a time controlled error-tolerant method, for periodically transporting real-time data in a computer system, in particular in a distributed computer system, said computer system comprising node computers ( 111 - 116 ), in particular a plurality of node computers ( 111 - 116 ), and distributor units ( 131, 132, 133, 151 ), in particular a plurality of distributor units ( 131, 132, 133, 151 ). The node computers and the distributor units have access to a global time, and real-time data is transported by means of messages, preferably by means of time-controlled real-time messages. The topology of the computer system corresponds to an intree, and node computers ( 111 - 116 ), are arranged on the leaves of the intree. One or more sensors ( 101 - 106 ) is assigned to each node computer ( 111 - 116 ), and the node computers ( 111 - 116 ) arranged on the leaves of the intree transmit sensor data in the payload of messages in the direction of a control center ( 100 ) located at the root of the intree at points in time, preferably a synchronized points in time. The payload of one or more incoming messages in a distributor unit is transported out of the distributor unit with an outgoing message, and an individual time plan is generated a priori for each distributor unit, wherein the time plan contains a periodically repeating starting time ( 391 ) for transmitting a message ( 390 ) going out of the respective distributor unit, said starting time being calculated a priori from the a priori known time of arrival of a controlling payload to be transported, which is specified a priori for example, of one of the incoming messages, in particular a time-critical payload to be transported of one of the incoming messages, minus the a priori known lead-time interval ([ 391], [393 ]) of the outgoing message ( 390 ), plus at least one time interval ( [393, 393 ]) required to copy a data element of the controlling payload, in particular the time-critical payload of the incoming message ( 320 ), into a data element of the payload of the outgoing message ( 390 ); and the payloads of the incoming messages are copied into the payload of the outgoing message by carrying out the a priori generated time plan.

Claim (Index 8):
A distributor unit for periodic transmission of real-time data in a distributed computer system, said computer system comprising:\n a plurality of node computers ( 111 - 116 ); and a plurality of distributor units ( 131 ,  132 ,  133 ,  151 ), wherein the node computers and the distributor units have access to a global time, and wherein real-time data is transmitted by means of time-controlled real-time messages, and wherein the topology of the computer system corresponds to that of an intree, wherein node computers ( 111 - 116 ) are arranged on the leaves of the intree, such that one or more sensors ( 101 - 106 ) are assigned to each one of these node computers ( 111 - 116 ), and wherein the node computers ( 111 - 116 ) arranged on the leaves of the intree send sensor data in the payload of messages in the direction of a central control system ( 100 ) situated at the root of the intree, at preferably synchronized times, wherein the distributor unit is equipped to copy the payloads of one or more incoming messages arriving in the distributor unit to an outgoing message leaving the distributor unit, wherein the distributor unit is configured to copy the payloads of the incoming messages by executing an individual schedule prepared a priori for the distributor unit to the payload of the outgoing message, and wherein in the individual schedule prepared a priori for the distributor unit, a periodically recurring starting time ( 391 ) of the transmission for the outgoing time-controlled message ( 390 ) leaving the distributor unit, this message being calculated a priori from\n the point in time which is known a priori for the arrival of a definitive payload, which is to be transmitted and is defined a priori, in one of the incoming real-time messages, in particular a time-critical payload to be transmitted from one of the incoming messages, \n minus the lead interval ([ 391 ,  393 ]) which is known a priori of the outgoing real-time message ( 390 ), \n [[]] plus at least one interval of time ([ 323 ,  393 ]) which is necessary to copy a data element of the definitive payload, in particular the time-critical payload of the incoming real-time message ( 320 ) into a data element of the payload of the outgoing real-time message ( 390 ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.52381
- Patent Class: 709.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15293874', '15440449', '15445224', '15293894', '11010137']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.2508230605715995
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4939659416447204
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.2751373486789116
- Mean Citation Score: 241.090826
- Max Citation Score: 256.80667
- Similarity Product: 209.8120983392108

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

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