PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16023459
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["370", "392000"]

Abstract:
Network function may be dissected and the common functions abstracted into inspection network function as the first hop, for example, of a service function chain. The inspection network function then inserts a value into the network service header (NSH) which may be used for the rest of the network functions of the service function chain.

Claim (Index 9):
A method comprising:\n detecting, by an apparatus, a packet; processing the packet by a deep packet inspection network function (DPI-NF) of a service function chain,\n wherein the DPI-NF comprises a plurality of modules, \n wherein the plurality modules are common modules for a plurality of virtual network functions of the service function chain; \n based on the processing of the DPI-NF, appending a network service header to the packet; and based on the network service header, performing actions by each subsequent virtual network function of the plurality of virtual network functions of the service function chain without executing the common modules for the plurality of virtual network functions of the service function chain.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.74286
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14978569', '15849200', '15371934', '15692709', '14930546']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5489753041575065
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5054827125506111
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.544626044996817
- Mean Citation Score: 229.59294600000004
- Max Citation Score: 246.50319
- Similarity Product: 151.71834312033712

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

Dataset: test