PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16020919
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["370", "232000"]

Abstract:
A wireless terminal communicates test packets via alternative wireless access points, e.g., a WiFi access point, a 4G access point, a 5G access point, to a test server to evaluate alternative wireless links. Test scores are generated for each of the wireless links being evaluated based the performance of previous test packets transmitted over the link. In some embodiments, the controlled rate of test packet transmission over a wireless link is a function of WT speed and/or link score. Link test scores may be, and sometime are, conditionally cost adjusted based on the type of communications network, e.g., scores for more expensive networks, e.g., 4G cellular, are reduced to favor more inexpensive networks such as WiFi. The wireless terminal selects one or more of the alternative wireless connections to use for communication with a communications session end point based on the link scores.

Claim (Index 16):
A wireless terminal comprising:\n a processor configured to operate the wireless terminal to:\n establish a first wireless connection with a first access point having network connectivity to a test server and a first communications end point; \n communicate test packets, via the first wireless connection, to the test server using a communication connection with the test server identified by a first connection identifier, said communicating test packets including using a connection ID based protocol to communicate to said test server; \n receive first test packet communication scores from said test server in response to test packets communicated via the first wireless connection; \n establish a second wireless connection with a second access point having network connectivity to the test server; \n communicate additional test packets, via the second wireless connection, to the test server, said communicating of additional test packets to the test server including using said connection ID based protocol and said first connection identifier to communicate said additional test packets to the test server; and \n control transmission of test packets over at least one of the first and second wireless connections based on test scores received from the test server in response to test packets communicated via the first wireless connection.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96341
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11759858', '15951665', '11316601', '12501852', '14021964']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5453090526442975
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4908239922101385
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5398605466008817
- Mean Citation Score: 198.101454
- Max Citation Score: 202.4478
- Similarity Product: 141.08634447287318

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

Dataset: test