PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16051323
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["398", "045000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for asymmetric distribution of mixed content via a network. Current optical fiber-based access network technologies are multiplexed onto the same fiber for delivery via a common Optical Distribution Network (ODN). Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to combining (using optical multiplexing and power splitting) two or more optical user-technologies onto a single Passive Optical Network (PON) while maintaining an independent serving group size and operational independence for each of the combined user-technologies. The disclosed methods and apparatus allow the so-called “outside plant” architecture (i.e., the fiber optic infrastructure from the headend to the customer premises) to be independent of the user-technologies and network architecture that are provided via the outside plant.

Claim (Index 33):
The non-transitory computer-readable apparatus of  claim 27 , wherein the plurality of instructions are further configured to, when executed by the computerized apparatus, cause the computerized apparatus to:\n before the transmission of the one or more digitally rendered content elements to the at least one of the plurality of service groups, cause an evaluation of one or more signals corresponding to the transmission, the evaluation comprising a detection of physical discontinuities in an optical transmission fiber, the detection being based on a reflection of the one or more signals.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59756
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15614446', '14733694', '14593867', '15948943', '14936414']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7258795328965228
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5682237760573022
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7101139572126007
- Mean Citation Score: 331.01421
- Max Citation Score: 466.91382
- Similarity Product: 292.08404970531103

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

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