PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15866996
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["705", "014140"]

Abstract:
A method for promoting sales and increasing brand recognition is described. The method includes selecting a brand name based on customer purchases enumerated on a transaction receipt generated on basis of transactions performed by a particular customer. The brand name is then obfuscated. The customer is provided an application to be used in conjunction with the obfuscated brand name to try and complete the missing letters in the brand name. The customer is rewarded with an incentive for uncovering the brand name and in order to submit the solution the customer is obligated to provide demographic information.

Claim (Index 11):
A brand-name promotional system, the system comprising:\n a) point of sale scanner for recording customer purchases at a retail outlet; b) means for identifying product classes based on the customer purchases; c) game piece generator for printing indicia onto a customer receipt; wherein the indicia is an obfuscated brand name and code, wherein the brand name identifies goods found in the product classes; d) providing an application wherein said code allows the customer to verify a solution to the obfuscated brand name; and e) rewarding the customer with a prize for successfully revealing the obfuscated brand name in exchange for submitting the customer's demographic information.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78947
- Patent Class: 705.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12701849', '13668721', '15833913', '09737011', '12357519']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.0979018964692879
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.472271341314194
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.1353388409537786
- Mean Citation Score: 126.490596
- Max Citation Score: 128.50926
- Similarity Product: 86.0664770437038

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

Dataset: test