PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15917382
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["398", "115000"]

Abstract:
The present invention is directed to data communication system and methods. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide a communication interface that is configured to transfer data at high bandwidth using PAM format(s) over optical communication networks. A feedback mechanism is provided for adjusting the transmission power levels. There are other embodiments as well.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for adjusting transmission power levels in a data communication system, the method comprising:\n initializing a first set of transmission power levels at a first communication device; initializing a first set of threshold levels at a second communication device; sending a first optical signal at one of the first set of transmission power levels from the first communication device to the second communication device via a first communication interface; receiving the first optical signal by the second communication device, the first optical signal being characterized by a signal level and a noise level determined by one of the first set of threshold levels; converting the first optical signal to a first electrical signal; amplifying the first electrical signal via a TIA; calculating a second set of threshold levels based on at least the signal level and the noise level using a processor in the second communication device; generating a second set of transmission power levels based on at least one of the second set of threshold levels; encoding the second set of transmission power levels to a second electrical signal; converting the second electrical signal to a second optical signal modulated by a PAM modulator in the second communication device; sending the second optical signal to the first communication device via a second communication interface; and adjusting transmission power levels of a third optical signal to be transmitted by the first communication device using at least one of the second set of transmission power levels.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.2549
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15280873', '14599833', '13802275', '14615626', '15277014']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6200145193044854
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.496857693263908
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6076988367004277
- Mean Citation Score: 179.32302199999995
- Max Citation Score: 199.12425
- Similarity Product: 160.66989651721715

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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