PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15909744
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["307", "115000"]

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and methods for modifying an existing electrical circuit to enable a conventional mechanical switch to integrate with and operate smart devices, while also providing continuous power supply and cooperating with external operation of the smart devices (e.g., via a mobile device application, smart controller, etc.). The smart device thus is operable both via the physical switch and via a home automation system, without loss of power to the smart device computer and transmitter components caused by use of the wall switch. This may be done via a replacement switch or faceplate which effectively bypasses the physical switch to ensure continuous power to the smart device while also inferring and transmitting the toggle state of the switch by measuring an amount of current through the faceplate.

Claim (Index 16):
A method for operating a smart lighting system with a conventional manual switch without loss of power comprising:\n providing an electrical circuit with a mechanical switch having a toggle; providing a smart lighting system; providing an electrical switch faceplate comprising:\n two or more electrical leads extending from said faceplate; \n a contiguous path through said faceplate for electrical current to flow between said electrical leads; \n one or more current sensors disposed on said contiguous path; and \n a transmitter in electrical communication with said current sensor(s); \n a controller operatively connected to said current sensor(s) and said wireless transmitter; \n installing said faceplate on said mechanical switch; said faceplate device forming one or more of: a bypass path around said mechanical switch, a connective path between the output terminals of said mechanical switch, a connective path between the input terminals of said mechanical switch; said controller operating said current sensor(s) to sense an amount of current on said electrical path through the faceplate; said controller converting said sensed amount of current into an indication of a state of said switch; said controller operating said transmitter to transmit said state to said smart lighting system; and said smart lighting system optionally changing state in accordance with said transmitted state.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7375
- Patent Class: 307.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14855031', '15193012', '14576983', '14788726', '14639892']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8015093389256697
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4571609639785896
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7670745014309617
- Mean Citation Score: 154.72552
- Max Citation Score: 162.6494
- Similarity Product: 127.23639800381662

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

Dataset: test