PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16138524
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["713", "168000"]

Abstract:
A network function (NF) entity in a communication network receives session request data associated with a User Equipment (UE), which includes blockchain authentication data. The NF entity selects a Blockchain Authentication Function (BAF) entity based on the session request data, and exchanges at least a portion of the blockchain authentication data with the BAF entity over a blockchain network interface. The NF entity further receives authentication confirmation data from the BAF entity over the blockchain network interface, and establishes a data session associated with the UE based on the authentication confirmation data.

Claim (Index 15):
The NF device of  claim 12 , wherein the process to exchange the blockchain authentication data with the BAF, when executed, is further operable to:\n select a Network Exposure Function (NEF) entity to communicate with the BAF over the blockchain network interface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26087
- Patent Class: 713.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16134887', '16107794', '15849694', '15886257', '16042828']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4042986257343063
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5971687034335108
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4235856335042268
- Mean Citation Score: 238.130566
- Max Citation Score: 350.68524
- Similarity Product: 263.16212850633144

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