PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16127167
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["235", "462070"]

Abstract:
This patent specification describes operations of a mobile device with barcode-reading capabilities and an application and license server. A mobile device may include a barcode-reading application downloaded from an application server. The barcode-reading application may operate in a base mode or an enhanced mode. In the base mode, the barcode-reading application may establish a network connection to a licensing server to obtain a license code, and determine at least one operating permission authorized by the license code. In the enhanced mode, the barcode-reading application may implement at least one enhanced barcode-reading function which corresponds to the at least one operating permission authorized by the license code. For example, the enhanced barcode-reading function may be a function of decoding a barcode symbology that the decoder is restricted from decoding in the base mode of operation.

Claim (Index 1):
A barcode-reading system for a mobile device, comprising:\n a barcode-reading enhancement accessory secured to the mobile device, the barcode-reading enhancement accessory comprising at least one optic system that is positioned either within a field of illumination of a light source of the mobile device for modifying the field of illumination projected by the light source or within a field of view of a camera of the mobile device for modifying illumination reflected from objects within the field of view of the camera; and a barcode-reading application stored in a memory of the mobile device and executable by a processor of the mobile device, wherein the barcode-reading application is configured to operate in a base mode or an enhanced mode, wherein in the base mode of operation, the barcode-reading application is configured to:\n control a network interface of the mobile device to establish a network connection to a licensing server and obtain a license code from the licensing server; \n subject the license code to a predetermined algorithm and determine at least one operating permission authorized by the license code; and \n enable an enhanced mode of operation, \n wherein in the enhanced mode of operation, the barcode-reading application is configured to implement at least one enhanced barcode-reading function which corresponds to the at least one operating permission authorized by the license code.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 51.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28571
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14923120', '14923027', '15265775', '15434013', '15350025']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6127601587751508
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5587466741540308
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6073588103130387
- Mean Citation Score: 394.024844
- Max Citation Score: 440.1891
- Similarity Product: 435.58340173552034

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