PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15981695
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["370", "254000"]

Abstract:
Discovering devices and device configurations. A method includes sending a request to a device to obtain a data value from the device. The method further includes, in response, receiving the data value from the device. The method further includes, based on the received data value, identifying one or more device identifications for the device. The method further includes, using the one or more identifications, sending commands for equipment potentially connected to the device. The method further includes, receiving one or more responses to the commands. The method further includes, based on the one or more responses, concretely identifying the device.

Claim (Index 20):
A device network, wherein the device network comprises:\n a plurality of devices; a management entity coupled to each of the devices in the plurality of devices, wherein management entity is configured to perform the following: send a request to a device to obtain a sensor output from the device; in response, receive the sensor output from the device; based on a value of the received sensor output, identify a subset of one or more potential device types for the device; using the one or more potential device types, identify and send commands for equipment potentially connected to the device; receive one or more responses to the commands, and based on the one or more responses, confirming that the device is one of the device types included in the identified subset of potential device types.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.9
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15964751', '14673642', '14779823', '14619853', '15354115']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5278454960566705
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4713826522319161
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5221992116741951
- Mean Citation Score: 115.375568
- Max Citation Score: 128.96187
- Similarity Product: 88.8858456515372

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