PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15868247
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["370", "277000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of system and method configurations for device discovery and connection establishment in connection with use of device-to-device (D2D) and proximity-based services are generally described herein. In some examples, an evolved packet core (EPC) of a 3GPP Long Term Evolution or 3GPP Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE/LTE-A) network is arranged to assist D2D identification and discovery procedures at user equipment (UEs) connected to the LTE/LTE-A network. Various identification and discovery procedures may be implemented in connection with proximity detection and the establishment of communication times for the establishment of the D2D communication link, between the UEs. Accordingly, the EPC of the LTE/LTE-A network may assist the establishment of a device-to-device communication link between UEs on a wireless network employing a distinct wireless protocol (for example, a direct wireless network connection via a wireless local area network (WLAN) or wireless personal area network (WPAN)).

Claim (Index 14):
An apparatus of an evolved packet core (EPC) network equipment, comprising:\n processing circuitry; and at least one storage medium embodying instructions to be executed via the processing circuitry, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processing circuitry to:\n process proximity service registration request messages received from a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE of a first wireless network; \n process a proximity request message received from the first UE via the first wireless network, the proximity request message comprising a request for notification when the second UE is proximate to the first UE for direct communication with the second UE via a second wireless network different than the first wireless network; \n process UE location information received from the first UE and the second UE via the first wireless network; \n detect when the second UE is proximate to the first UE based, at least in part, on the received UE location information from the first UE and the second UE; and \n in response to a detection that the second UE is proximate to the first UE, cause transmission of an alert message to the first UE, via the first wireless network, based on information in the received proximity request message.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07595
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14695930', '14771130', '15861510', '13718745', '14128301']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4917574527824777
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.516697525773295
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4942514600815595
- Mean Citation Score: 252.558058
- Max Citation Score: 319.04605
- Similarity Product: 278.83505101459616

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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