PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16018973
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["370", "235000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments are directed to a packet capture ring that provides a single network tap for packet capture and a series of processors (or appliances) for handling serialization and search request processing in a confederated and highly scalable manner. One such appliance (a “primary” appliance) maintains a tap port to the network. Each packet capture appliance has a locally attached repository that stores raw packets and a juxtaposed index that allows for retrieval of those packets. The primary appliance sends a single copy of encapsulated packets in opposite directions around the ring to its descendants. A designation is made across the system as to a “currently designated” appliance for servicing requests for indexing and storage of captured packets. This current designation shifts from appliance to appliance in the system, as a “previously designated” appliance has its storage capacity filled.

Claim (Index 6):
A system for packet capture and search, the system comprising:\n a plurality of appliances arranged in a ring configuration, wherein each appliance is associated with a repository and an index, and wherein each appliance includes a plurality of network interfaces; and a network tap appliance comprising a processor and configured to receive packets from a network via a network tap, the network tap appliance further configured to:\n broadcast a control protocol (CP) message to the plurality of appliances in the ring; \n obtain a current capacity of a first repository in response to the broadcasted CP message; \n alter a packet request from the first repository in response to the current capacity of the first repository being equal to or approaching within a predetermined amount capacity limit; and \n designate a next repository as an active repository on the active packet forwarding designation list.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 40.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80233
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15225472', '15455215', '15179442', '14515043', '12015216']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.46495469063787
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5691138326128492
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4753706048353679
- Mean Citation Score: 223.94601
- Max Citation Score: 433.3547400000001
- Similarity Product: 427.6238478088403

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