PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16018973
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["370", "235000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments are directed to a packet capture ring that provides a single network tap for packet capture and a series of processors (or appliances) for handling serialization and search request processing in a confederated and highly scalable manner. One such appliance (a “primary” appliance) maintains a tap port to the network. Each packet capture appliance has a locally attached repository that stores raw packets and a juxtaposed index that allows for retrieval of those packets. The primary appliance sends a single copy of encapsulated packets in opposite directions around the ring to its descendants. A designation is made across the system as to a “currently designated” appliance for servicing requests for indexing and storage of captured packets. This current designation shifts from appliance to appliance in the system, as a “previously designated” appliance has its storage capacity filled.

Claim (Index 1):
A computer implemented method comprising:\n broadcasting, by a network tap appliance comprising a processor and configured to receive packets, a control protocol (CP) message to a plurality of appliances in a ring, the network tap appliance included in the plurality of appliances, wherein each appliance is associated with a repository and an index, and wherein each appliance includes a plurality of network interfaces; obtaining, by the network tap appliance, a current capacity of a first repository in response to the broadcasted CP message; and altering, by the network tap appliance, a packet request from the first repository in response to the current capacity being equal to or approaching within a predetermined amount capacity limit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 40.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80233
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15225472', '15455215', '15179442', '14515043', '12015216']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.465450943056841
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5681913645627706
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4757249852074339
- Mean Citation Score: 223.94601
- Max Citation Score: 433.3547400000001
- Similarity Product: 419.0887265162552

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