PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16143056
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["710", "316000"]

Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a system includes first and second devices. The first device detects whether a cable is connected to the first device in a first state or a second state. The first device receives, from the second device, status information indicative of whether the cable is connected to the second device in the first state or the second state. The first device switches allocation of signal lines to contact pins of a connector of the first device to which the cable is connected, based on connection states of the first and second devices. The second device detects whether the cable is connected to the second device in the first state or the second state. The second device transmits, to the first device, a result of detection as the status information.

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 15 , the method further comprising:\n in the second device, fixedly applying allocation of the plurality of signal lines to a plurality of contact pins of the second receptacle that is set when the second receptacle and the second connector are connected in the normal state; the switch of the first device applying one of a first pattern and a second pattern with respect to a connection pattern of the plurality of signal lines to the plurality of contact pins of the first receptacle, the first pattern being applied when the cable is in a normal orientation, the second pattern being applied when the cable is in a flipped orientation, and in the first device, controlling the switch such that the first pattern is applied, when the first device detects that the connection state of the first receptacle and the first connector is the normal state, and the status information indicates that the connection state of the second receptacle and the second connector is the normal state; controlling the switch such that the second pattern is applied, when the first device detects that the connection state of the first receptacle and the first connector is the flipped state, and the status information indicates that the connection state of the second receptacle and the second connector is the normal state; controlling the switch such that the second pattern is applied, when the first device detects that the connection state of the first receptacle and the first connector is the normal state, and the status information indicates that the connection state of the second receptacle and the second connector is the flipped state; and controlling the switch such that the first pattern is applied, when the first device detects that the connection state of the first receptacle and the first connector is the flipped state, and the status information indicates that the connection state of the second receptacle and the second connector is the flipped state.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.13043
- Patent Class: 710.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16134618', '15337357', '14805277', '13470353', '14959006']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6095941944524417
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4894269330077553
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.597577468307973
- Mean Citation Score: 165.18736800000005
- Max Citation Score: 212.61578
- Similarity Product: 156.60929463095425

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