PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15973162
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["726", "001000"]

Abstract:
A system and approach having security assurance for a controller relative to outside connections such as internet. The controller may have locked and exposed modes. A locked mode may mean that the system is correctly configured in that security related settings meet minimum standards. For example, the controller is protected through sufficiently strong user accounts and passwords whether entered or by default. Also, there may be an entity, such as person or organization that has responsibility for securing the controller against undesired intrusions. In the exposed mode, where the system may be incorrectly configured, the controller may shut down some or all of the functionality that has relevance to remote access. In the exposed mode, a built-in web server may show one or more screens that allow one to access the controller. There may be security indicators, such as lights that indicate whether the controller is exposed or locked.

Claim (Index 14):
A method, for monitoring security fitness of a building controller, comprising:\n providing a building controller connectable to an external communication system; providing one or more visual indicators of status of a configuration from a security perspective of the building controller, the one or more visual indicators of status selected from the group consisting of one or more indicator lights and a dashboard; checking a configuration of one or more items from a group consisting of a firewall, a network interface, virtual private networks, security credentials, communication ports, a user database, and a connectivity status to the external communication system; and determining whether the building controller is in a locked mode or an exposed mode based on whether or not the configuration of one or more items meets security criteria; and wherein: the building controller is in the exposed mode when a configuration of one or more items does not meet the security criteria; and wherein the building controller is in the locked mode when the configuration of one or more items meets the security criteria.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.8427
- Patent Class: 726.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14328370', '11009926', '13397565', '13756367', '15591952']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.2379594216692674
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4921812382628489
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.2633816033286256
- Mean Citation Score: 127.2612034
- Max Citation Score: 274.87415
- Similarity Product: 246.56976783660053

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