PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15878531
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["455", "011100"]

Abstract:
An In-Building Communications system is disclosed which permits communication in tunnels, underground parking garages, tall buildings such as skyscrapers, buildings having thick walls of concrete or metal, and/or any building which has communication dead zones due to electromagnetic shielding. The invention includes a portable bi-directional amplifier (BDA) system, an outdoor antenna system attached to the building or independently mountable an indoor antenna system attached to the building or independently mountable inside the building, and a standardized, In-Building Communications (IBC) interface box affixed preferably to the exterior of the building. The interface box communicates with antenna systems attached to the building. The fire department or other emergency response personnel carry portable outdoor and indoor antenna systems and a portable, lithium-ion battery powered, bi-directional amplifier (BOA) system which may be connected to the building during an event such as a fire, earthquake, or an act of terrorism or whenever radio coverage enhancement is required. The portable BDA system is simply connected to the standardized, IBC interface box and powered thus restoring communications within.

Claim (Index 22):
A method for operating a hybrid in-building communications system comprising the steps of:\n transporting a portable bi-directional amplifier system to the exterior of a structure having an interface box; unlocking a door of said interface box; opening said door of said interface box; connecting, using a first cable, a downlink port of said portable bi-directional amplifier system to an outdoor antenna port of said interface box; connecting, using a second cable, an uplink port of said portable bi-directional amplifier system to an indoor antenna port of said interface box; powering said portable bi-directional amplifier system using a battery power supply; receiving a first signal from said outdoor antenna port; amplifying said first signal using a bi-directional amplifier; transmitting said first signal to said indoor antenna port; receiving a second signal from said indoor antenna port; amplifying said second signal using said bi-directional amplifier; transmitting said second signal to said outdoor antenna port; monitoring, using a controller, the power of said first and second signals, and indicating, using said controller and a status light, the operational status of said bi-directional amplifier.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15622871', '12697289', '11030646', '10697557', '11906288']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6928942948794065
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5868181253572656
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6822866779271924
- Mean Citation Score: 315.356492
- Max Citation Score: 532.9123
- Similarity Product: 399.5010734972834

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

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