PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16010191
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["398", "127000"]

Abstract:
A reconfigurable free-space optical inter-rack network includes a plurality of server racks, each including at least one switch mounted on a top thereof, where each top mounted switch includes a plurality of free-space-optic link connector, each with a free-space optical connection to a free-space-optic link connector on another top-mounted switch, a single ceiling mirror above the plurality of server racks that substantially covers the plurality of server racks, wherein the single ceiling mirror redirects optical connections between pairs of free-space-optic link connectors to provide a clear lines-of-sight between each pair of connected free-space-optic link connectors, and a controller that preconfigures a free-space optical network connecting the plurality of server racks by establishing connections between pairs of free-space-optic link connectors, and that reconfigures connections between pairs of free-space-optic link connectors in response to network traffic demands and events.

Claim (Index 6):
The network of  claim 4 , further comprising\n randomly selecting a link (R a , R b ) from a set of unassigned links E that has not been already selected, and assigning said selected link to a best pair of top mounted switches on racks R a  and R b , while ensuring that no top mounted switch is assigned more than a maximum number of links allowed per top-mounted switch, wherein a best pair of top-mounted switches is one that results in a minimum increase of an area of an overhead mirror currently being used to cover the reflection points of already-assigned links in the cluster of (R a , R b ), wherein said steps of randomly selecting a link and assigning said selected link to a best pair of top mounted switches are repeated until all links in set E are assigned.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26562
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14934863', '10017785', '10289662', '14057133', '14869177']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6526846097540117
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5848702386579456
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.645903172644405
- Mean Citation Score: 235.12282400000004
- Max Citation Score: 526.5748
- Similarity Product: 335.68289164807794

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

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