PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15880056
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["455", "406000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for supporting customer charging in 5G networks are provided. Monitoring functions are instantiated at selected network locations for tracking access to network services. The monitoring functions provide charging information for use in customer billing. A customer can enter a service level agreement with a particular customized method of charging for service usage, and the monitoring functions can be customized to provide charging information according to the service level agreement. Charging can vary based on factors such as time of day, network congestion, service traffic characteristics, and geographic location.

Claim (Index 19):
The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing a feedback mechanism configured to indicate, to one or more of: a service traffic controller, the VNO customer, and end users responsible for the plurality of UEs, one or more of: violations of QoS metrics for data provided according to the service; dynamic variations in a charging policy according to a negotiated agreement for providing the service; and charging related messages.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63934
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15880207', '15169091', '15169182', '15169465', '15233285']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7172484617936183
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5465629608514707
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7001799116994036
- Mean Citation Score: 266.165384
- Max Citation Score: 411.1801
- Similarity Product: 330.67198961422434

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