PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16159950
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["713", "168000"]

Abstract:
A Network Function (NF) entity in a telecommunication network receives blockchain credentials associated with UE and selects a Blockchain Charging Function (BCF). The NF entity further generates a Charging Data Record (CDR) corresponding to network resources, and sends a charging request based on the CDR (and policy rules) to the BCF entity over a blockchain network interface. The BCF entity sends a confirmation of the charging request, and the NF entity, based on the confirmation, provisions the network resources to the UE.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for providing services to User Equipment in a communication network, the method comprising:\n receiving, by a Session Management Function (SMF) entity, blockchain credentials associated with User Equipment (UE) in the communication network, the blockchain credential including a blockchain identifier; generating, by the SMF entity, an entry in a Charging Data Record (CDR) within a Charging Function (CHF) entity corresponding to one or more network resources; selecting a Blockchain Charging Function (BCF) entity from a plurality of BCF entities based on the blockchain identifier; sending, by the SMF entity to the CHF entity, a charging request based on the CDR to a over a blockchain network interface, the charging request including the blockchain credentials and a charge transaction for provisioning the one or more network resources; modifying, by the CHF, the received charging request based on one or more policy rules associated with the UE to form a modified charging request; sending, by the CHF to the BCF entity, the modified charging request; receiving, by the SMF entity, a confirmation of the charge transaction from the BCF entity; and provisioning the one or more network resources for the UE based on the confirmation of the charge transaction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.1087
- Patent Class: 713.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16138524', '16134887', '15832103', '16140255', '16065075']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3849539711113211
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5313692507595603
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.399595499076145
- Mean Citation Score: 234.831986
- Max Citation Score: 332.57843
- Similarity Product: 269.9365816336012

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