PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15915238
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["375", "341000"]

Abstract:
A sequence detector is provided for detecting symbol values corresponding to a sequence of input samples obtained from a transmission channel. The sequence detector comprises a branch metric unit (BMU), a path metric unit (PMU) and a survivor memory unit. The branch metric unit calculates branch metrics for respective possible transitions between states of a trellis. The path metric unit accumulates branch metrics provided by the branch metric unit in order to establish path metrics. The survivor memory unit selects a survivor path based on the path metrics and outputs a survivor sequence of the detected symbols corresponding to the survivor path. The sequence detector is configured such that the synchronization length is different than the survivor path memory length.

Claim (Index 1):
A computer-implemented method for transmitting data in a transmission system comprising a transmitter and a receiver, the method comprising:\n receiving, at a decoder circuit including at least one sequence detector, a sequence of input samples delivered over a channel, the at least one sequence detector configured to decode the sequence of samples according to a configurable synchronization length; determining, via a branch metric circuit, branch metrics of respective transitions between states of a trellis; accumulating, via a path metric circuit, branch metrics provided by the branch metric circuit so as to establish path metrics; selecting, via a survivor memory circuit, a survivor path having a survivor path memory length based on the path metrics provided by the path metric unit; outputting, via the survivor memory circuit, a survivor sequence of the detected symbols corresponding to the survivor path; and configuring the sequence detector such that the synchronization length of the sequence detector is chosen different than the survivor path memory length.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14754
- Patent Class: 375.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15251673', '15251638', '09471920', '15616954', '10853087']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4896411323884332
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5784855193862731
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4985255710882172
- Mean Citation Score: 288.4494180000001
- Max Citation Score: 476.8528
- Similarity Product: 437.6961202062606

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