PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15880056
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["455", "406000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for supporting customer charging in 5G networks are provided. Monitoring functions are instantiated at selected network locations for tracking access to network services. The monitoring functions provide charging information for use in customer billing. A customer can enter a service level agreement with a particular customized method of charging for service usage, and the monitoring functions can be customized to provide charging information according to the service level agreement. Charging can vary based on factors such as time of day, network congestion, service traffic characteristics, and geographic location.

Claim (Index 21):
An electronic device in a network, the electronic device comprising a processor, a network interface and a memory and configured to:\n instantiate or operate a monitoring function at a location in a communication network, the location selected to allow monitoring of traffic flows associated with usage, by a plurality of UEs, of a service accessed via a network slice instantiated in the network, the monitoring function configured to: monitor the traffic flows for the plurality of UEs; generate indications of the traffic flows; and generate and provide charging information for use in charging a Virtual Network Operator (VNO) customer based on the indications of the traffic flows, wherein the plurality of UEs are subscribed to the VNO customer or operated by the VNO customer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63934
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15880207', '15169091', '15169182', '15169465', '15233285']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7177767421719368
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5455637727489805
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7005554452296412
- Mean Citation Score: 266.165384
- Max Citation Score: 411.1801
- Similarity Product: 317.0891777852893

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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