PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15969827
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["370", "254000"]

Abstract:
A communication apparatus comprises: at least one processor or circuit configured to perform operations of following units: a communication unit configured to establish a connection with an external device for communication; and a control unit configured to control, in accordance with information pertaining to a connection request received from a second external device while a connection is established with a first external device, whether or not to cause the communication unit to establish a connection with the second external device instead of the first external device, wherein the control unit causes a connection to be established with the second external device in a case where the information pertaining to the connection request includes information shared in advance with the second external device instead of predetermined information specifying a device to be connected.

Claim (Index 9):
The communication apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the control unit further controls the communication unit to send, to an external device, a notification indicating that information to be shared in advance, which is to be included in the information pertaining to the connection request, can be obtained.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.31667
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15626635', '15714941', '15054223', '15035082', '14711924']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5034855526310019
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4786293673645032
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5009999341043521
- Mean Citation Score: 157.662082
- Max Citation Score: 177.78108
- Similarity Product: 136.7040065318656

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

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