System and method of application discovery
US10831526B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 27, 2018 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method comprises receiving network data from a network traffic monitoring platform of an enterprise network, the network data identifying communication between entities, analyzing the network data to identify applications, and comparing at least a first quality based on the communication between at least two of the plurality of entities to a first threshold to identify at least one application, receiving a request to suspend the application discovery process and creating a bookmark of the last network data received from the network traffic monitoring platform, the request to suspend the application discovery process being sent when one of a plurality of suspension trigger conditions is satisfied, receiving a request to reinitiate the application discovery process and receiving the network data from the network traffic monitoring platform at the bookmark, and creating a discovered application entry from the at least one identified application of the enterprise network.
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