PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863652
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["235", "381000"]

Abstract:
A self-checkout system includes a cabinet having an opening and walls defining a vending space. The system includes a barrier having a lock and configured to restrict access to the vending space. The system includes a product configured for placement in the vending space. The system includes a product identification tag attached to the product. The system includes a tag detector configured to detect product data and detect when the product passes through the opening. The system includes a database configured to store an inventory of products and a corresponding account the products are allocated to. The system includes a self-checkout apparatus connected to the database and configured to unlock the lock when valid account credentials are detected. The self-checkout apparatus is also configured to allocate the product to a user account by updating the database when the product passes through the opening.

Claim (Index 8):
An unattended checkout system comprising:\n a room having an entryway and walls defining a vending space; a barrier having a lock and attached to the entryway, the barrier configured to restrict access to the vending space; at least one product configured for placement in the vending space and located in the vending space; a product identification tag attached to the at least one product; a tag detector configured to detect when the at least one product is moved within the vending space or removed from the vending space; a database configured to store an inventory of products located in the vending space; a self-checkout apparatus connected to the database and configured to:\n unlock the lock when valid account credentials associated with an account are detected, \n update a checkout list to include the at least one product when the tag detector detects movement of the at least one product, and \n allocate the at least one product in the checkout list to the account associated with the account credentials when the at least one product is removed from the vending space.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 45.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.64912
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15617957', '13963896', '13683983', '13488202', '11910436']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6762120599432007
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6359837666489226
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6721892306137729
- Mean Citation Score: 418.975122
- Max Citation Score: 551.0699
- Similarity Product: 467.9644589651405

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