PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15918909
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["726", "022000"]

Abstract:
The disclosed principles describe systems and methods for assessing the security posture of a target device, wherein the assessment is performed by a scanning computer in communication with the target device via a communication network. By employing a system or method in accordance with the disclosed principles, distinct advantages are achieved. Specifically, conducting such a remote scan allows for the scanner computer to perform a remote scan of the remote device without installing client software to the remote device. Thus, the disclosed principles reduce the need for internal IT resources to manage the deployment and updates of client software on the target device. Also, conducting a remote scan according to the disclosed principles allows for the remote scan to be performed even if the scanner computer and remote device run different operating systems.

Claim (Index 33):
A method comprising:\n establishing a network connection between a computing apparatus and first and second target devices, wherein the first target device is associated with a first operating system executable on the first target device, and wherein the second target device is associated with a second operating system executable on the second target device; accessing a security assessment library in communication with the computing apparatus; determining, based on accessing the security assessment library in communication with the computing apparatus, function calls to request data items from the first and second target devices; determining a first application programming interface (API) or a first device-specific or network-specific characteristic associated with the first target device; determining a second API or a second device-specific or network-specific characteristic associated with the second target device; adapting the function calls to conform with the first API or the first device-specific or network-specific characteristic associated with the first target device, thereby resulting in first adapted function calls; adapting the function calls to conform with the second API or the second device-specific or network-specific characteristic associated with the second target device, thereby resulting in second adapted function calls; transmitting, using a network communication system of the computing apparatus, the first and second adapted function calls to the first and second target devices, respectively; and receiving the requested data items associated with each of the first and second target devices, wherein the requested data items are used to perform a security-related assessment for each of the first and second target devices based on assessment rules accessible by the computing apparatus or a second computing apparatus.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01408
- Patent Class: 726.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15483813', '15018272', '12580982', '13942321', '14584876']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.2504203561800757
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5107618351781912
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.2764545040798872
- Mean Citation Score: 242.882142
- Max Citation Score: 297.83032000000014
- Similarity Product: 247.63346503241547

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

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