PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16051323
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["398", "045000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for asymmetric distribution of mixed content via a network. Current optical fiber-based access network technologies are multiplexed onto the same fiber for delivery via a common Optical Distribution Network (ODN). Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to combining (using optical multiplexing and power splitting) two or more optical user-technologies onto a single Passive Optical Network (PON) while maintaining an independent serving group size and operational independence for each of the combined user-technologies. The disclosed methods and apparatus allow the so-called “outside plant” architecture (i.e., the fiber optic infrastructure from the headend to the customer premises) to be independent of the user-technologies and network architecture that are provided via the outside plant.

Claim (Index 21):
A method for asymmetrically distributing digital content via a passive optical network, the passive optical network comprising a plurality of user devices divided into a plurality of service groups, the method comprising:\n combining a plurality of digital content elements received from at least one first optical splitter to produce a combined output; and delivering the combined output via at least one second optical splitter to one or more of the plurality of service groups, the at least one second optical splitter being configured to receive and deliver the combined output to individual ones of the plurality of user devices, each of the individual ones of the plurality of user devices being associated with a respective one of the one or more of the plurality of service groups.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59756
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15614446', '14733694', '14593867', '15948943', '14936414']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7196798020943448
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5847287201917782
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7061846939040881
- Mean Citation Score: 331.01421
- Max Citation Score: 466.91382
- Similarity Product: 399.008219969752

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

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