PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16117809
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["725", "034000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for a network interface device including an entry port connected to a cable television (CATV) network. A noise suppressor is provided that improves the detection and differentiation between ingress noise and valid upstream signals. The noise suppressor can gate the upstream path logically and dynamically to pass valid upstream signals, while blocking ingress noise form the CATV network.

Claim (Index 9):
A network interface device, comprising:\n an input-output port; an entry port configured to connect to a cable television (CATV) network; an upstream signal path configured to carry an upstream signal from the input-output port to the entry port; a noise suppressor in the upstream signal path, the noise suppressor comprising a plurality of noise suppression paths each configured to connect the input-output port to the entry port, wherein at most one of the plurality of noise suppression paths is active to transmit the upstream signal from the input-output port toward the entry port at any time; and a controller configured to:\n dynamically determine a threshold value based on a power level of the upstream signal; <select one of the plurality of noise suppression paths based on the threshold value; and \n cause the noise suppressor to direct the upstream signal through the selected one of the plurality of noise suppression paths.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.44898
- Patent Class: 725.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15404540', '16033974', '12250229', '14056566', '12691149']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4693456239115389
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5382065578361866
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4762317173040037
- Mean Citation Score: 273.113964
- Max Citation Score: 381.60294
- Similarity Product: 345.93543164280646

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