PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15957025
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["455", "041200"]

Abstract:
Provided are systems and methods for reversing the conventional roles of central and peripheral devices in a BLE network. Doing so includes implementing an end node (EN) as the sole initiator of a connection between a particular EN and other components within the network. Such initiating is controllable by the network so as to effect a transfer of EN functionality among one or more of the other components. Implementation of the transfer depends on a network controlled timing determining functionality of all network components. Accordingly, the network is enabled to effect the power consumption of those components in an effort to optimize use of their respective power resources.

Claim (Index 1):
A BLE communications system for communicating with a network, comprising:\n an access point (AP) configured to connect with the network, and transmit a first beacon advertisement message; an AP not configured to connect with the network, and transmit a second beacon advertisement message, so as to define a reference point (RP); an end node (EN) configured to receive the first and second beacon advertisement messages, and initiate a connection with the AP for the transfer of data associated with the EN to the network, and the receipt of data from the network, wherein\n in response to the connection with the AP being initiated by the EN, and the data associated with the EN comprising at least identifying information of the EN and identifying information of one or more of the AP and the RP, the AP is caused to transfer to the network the at least identifying information of the EN, and the identifying information of the one or more of the AP and the RP, \n the EN determines whether to initiate the connection with the AP in response to evaluating from the first beacon advertisement message at the time of transmission of the first beacon advertisement message each of at least (a) whether a proximity of the AP to the EN is a nearest proximity and (b) a loading of the network to which the AP is connected, and \n each of the AP, the RP, and the EN is configured by the network to operate according to either an awakened state or a sleep state, the AP being selected as comprising a stationary AP, or a mobile AP.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65714
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15626083', '15927388', '14319801', '15741678', '11130250']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.699409221903888
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5357533918538306
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6830436388988822
- Mean Citation Score: 251.124502
- Max Citation Score: 373.95944
- Similarity Product: 293.53973660938266

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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