PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16042828
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["455", "414100"]

Abstract:
A network function (NF) profile repository function (NPRF) is provided to receive, for each one of a plurality of NF instances of a plurality of different NF types, information associated with the NF instance and store the information in memory. The NPRF may then also receive, from an NF repository function (NRF), a message which indicates a request for information associated with one or more NF instances of an indicated NF type. In response, the NPRF may retrieve, from the memory based on the indicated NF type, information associated with the one or more NF instances. The NPRF may send, to the NRF, a message which indicates a response to the request, where the response includes retrieved information associated with the one or more NF instances.

Claim (Index 11):
The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:\n based on the response including the information associated with at least two NF instances corresponding to the indicated NF type, selecting by the NRF, one of the at least two NF instances as a serving NF instance of a data session of a user equipment, wherein the selecting is based on at least one of service indication, availability indication, and loading indication included in the information associated with the at least two NF instances, and wherein the indicated NF type comprises one of an access and mobility management function (AMF), a session management function (SMF), or a policy control function (PCF).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 43.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5614
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15488809', '15795532', '15849694', '15855859', '15698199']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6877709985500458
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4861208134813699
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6676059800431782
- Mean Citation Score: 199.233032
- Max Citation Score: 216.6205
- Similarity Product: 160.66264617833494

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

Dataset: test