PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16256162
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["710", "063000"]

Abstract:
This application relates to methods and apparatus for transfer of data between a host device ( 400 ) and a peripheral device ( 300 ) via a USB Type-C connector ( 100; 304 ) of the host device. A data controller is described that has a path controller ( 309, 310; 706 ) for establishing signal paths between circuitry of the host device and contacts ( 101 ) of said USB Type-C connector. The path controller is operable in at least first and second modes. In the first mode the path controller establishes separate signal paths to each of at least first, second, third and fourth contacts (A 6 , A 7 , B 6 , B 7 ) of the USB Type-C connector and a plurality of the established signal paths are for transfer of analogue audio data. In the second mode the path controller establishes a pair of signal paths to only a subset of said first to fourth contacts to provide a differential digital data path.

Claim (Index 25):
An apparatus comprising:\n a first connector having at least a first set of eight contacts positioned so as exhibit rotational symmetry in a plane about a first axis such that the first connector may, in use, mate in either of two possible orientations with a connector of a peripheral device having a corresponding set of eight contacts; and a controller for controlling the configuration of signal paths to at least the four contacts of said first set which are closest to said first axis based on a determination of loads connected to at least some of said first set of contacts when mated with a connector or a peripheral device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.36842
- Patent Class: 710.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15051995', '16233676', '15847183', '15659276', '15243154']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6865007538584619
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5144651035105753
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6692971888236732
- Mean Citation Score: 258.071118
- Max Citation Score: 343.11603
- Similarity Product: 341.08603306023366

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

Dataset: test