PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16030200
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["358", "001130"]

Abstract:
A printing apparatus sets one of an access point (AP) mode and a Wi-Fi Direct (WFD) mode as an operation mode to be used for wireless direct connection with an external apparatus, in accordance with an instruction given through a setting screen by a user. The printing apparatus controls a wireless LAN I/F so as to start an operation in the AP mode if the AP mode is set as the operation mode, and start an operation in the WFD mode if the WFD mode is set as the operation mode.

Claim (Index 1):
A printing apparatus comprising:\n a wireless communication unit capable of operating in a first mode of performing an access point operation to cause the printing apparatus to operate as an access point, and a second mode of performing an operation conforming to Wi-Fi Direct; a setting unit configured to set one of the first mode and the second mode as an operation mode to be used for wireless direct connection with an external apparatus, in accordance with an instruction from a user; and a control unit configured to control the wireless communication unit in a case of accepting an instruction to start an operation for the wireless direct connection, so as to start an operation in the first mode if the first mode is set as the operation mode, and start an operation in the second mode if the second mode is set as the operation mode.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16010572', '14183950', '14730811', '15052078', '15614417']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5227892833252958
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4934620520819668
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5198565602009629
- Mean Citation Score: 233.28934400000003
- Max Citation Score: 262.16138
- Similarity Product: 226.2862204047465

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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