PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15926153
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["370", "255000"]

Abstract:
A network-capable device is configured to: automatically detect the presence of a MoCA network (or other network, depending on the network protocol in the application environment), and configure itself for communication on that network at the appropriate communication frequencies. The network-capable device can be configured to create a new network (e.g., a new MoCA network) if there is no network broadcast signal within a band. Preferably, the network-capable device requires little or no user intervention to configure itself for operation at network operating frequencies or to create a new network where none is detected.

Claim (Index 28):
A method performed in a network device for self-configuring the network device for operation in a premises-based wired communication network operating in accordance with a communication protocol, the method comprising, without user intervention and prior to the network device attempting to form its own communication network:\n scanning a first plurality of communication channels in a first frequency band associated with cable TV signals and scanning a second plurality of communication channels in a second frequency band separate from the first frequency band and associated with satellite TV signals; determining whether a signal detected in a first communication channel of the first and second pluralities of communication channels is from a device that is not operating in accordance with the communication protocol, wherein said determining comprises:\n utilizing first determining criteria if the first communication channel is a channel of the first plurality of communication channels; and \n utilizing second determining criteria, different from the first determining criteria, if the first communication channel is a channel of the second plurality of communication channels; and \n if the detected signal is from a device that is not operating in accordance with the communication protocol, then operating the network device in a manner that avoids utilization of at least the first communication channel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.79661
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15037931', '15037955', '13566508', '13403144', '13213370']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5186042018639452
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4919487151158261
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5159386531891332
- Mean Citation Score: 166.50868400000004
- Max Citation Score: 198.40474
- Similarity Product: 128.96172812344074

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

Dataset: test