PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15969827
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["370", "254000"]

Abstract:
A communication apparatus comprises: at least one processor or circuit configured to perform operations of following units: a communication unit configured to establish a connection with an external device for communication; and a control unit configured to control, in accordance with information pertaining to a connection request received from a second external device while a connection is established with a first external device, whether or not to cause the communication unit to establish a connection with the second external device instead of the first external device, wherein the control unit causes a connection to be established with the second external device in a case where the information pertaining to the connection request includes information shared in advance with the second external device instead of predetermined information specifying a device to be connected.

Claim (Index 2):
The communication apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein while a connection with the first external device is established, the control unit further controls the communication unit to send a beacon signal to an external device including at least the second external device, and the communication unit receives the connection request from the external device sent in response to receiving the beacon signal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.31667
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15626635', '15714941', '15054223', '15035082', '14711924']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5069983054412158
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4651298172456267
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5028114566216569
- Mean Citation Score: 157.662082
- Max Citation Score: 177.78108
- Similarity Product: 152.66822831744668

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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