PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15861318
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["370", "329000"]

Abstract:
Methods by which User Plane (UP) management information is exchanged between an Application Function (AF) supporting one or more applications and a Slice Management Function (SMF) configured to manage traffic flows in a given slice of the network. The exchange of UP management information may be initiated from either the AF or the SMF. In the case of AF-initiated information exchange, the UP management information provided by the AF may comprise traffic requirements of applications supported by the AF. In the case of SMF-initiated information exchange, the UP management information provided by the SM may comprise operator policy information or events, and the AF may respond with information of traffic requirements of applications supported by the AF.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for execution at a Policy Control Function, the method comprising:\n receiving, from a network exposure function (NEF), an application selection notification setup request associated with an Application Function; and transmitting a policy change notification, to a session management function associated with the AF.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13115
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15832103', '15470493', '15470544', '16065075', '15849694']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5354207173197244
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6251907791977314
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5443977235075251
- Mean Citation Score: 320.015892
- Max Citation Score: 647.8525
- Similarity Product: 492.09882437527176

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

Dataset: test