PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16120984
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["709", "206000"]

Abstract:
An internet service provider (ISP) is configured to analyze a subscriber's sent e-mail packets to determine a subscriber identity associated with the e-mail packets. A database is then queried to determine a current sending rate of e-mails by the subscriber. A sending rate above an allowed threshold causes the upstream transmission of the e-mail packets to be blocked by injecting connection destroying packets. A subscriber remains blocked from upstream transmission of e-mails until the sending rate as determined by the ISP drops below a second, more stringent threshold. This automatic process is also accompanied by automated messaging to the subscriber with information as to the measures taken and remedial options.

Claim (Index 17):
A system, comprising:\n at least one router; and a packet processing engine coupled to a processor; wherein said at least one router routes one or more electronic mail packets that identify a recipient to said packet processing engine; wherein if said one or more electronic mail packet are to be blocked, said packet processing engine routes a blocking packet to said router; wherein said router transmits said blocking packet towards said recipient which blocks the subscriber from being able to send electronic mail packet which stops the electronic mail packets from being sent, wherein the blocking packet mimics a subscriber packet; and\n wherein a sending rate profile indicates whether the subscriber is currently blocked from a transmission of electronic mail messages based on a determination of whether the subscriber has attempted to transmit a predefined number of email messages over a predefined period of time.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.72464
- Patent Class: 709.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15683600', '15084302', '14673527', '14211399', '12004634']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3002718451041108
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5361117404202992
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3238558346357296
- Mean Citation Score: 376.647372
- Max Citation Score: 377.84595
- Similarity Product: 342.69614401374764

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