System and method to identifying network appliances by data endpoints
US11934462B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 20, 2022 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/745
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for identifying network appliances on a network which includes a processor configured to intercept network communications from one or more devices between a first network and a second network. The processor may store the information about each connection in a database, the information including a Client Id and a destination address. The processor may query the database for a list of all destination addresses which were attempted to be contacted for each Client Id and generate metadata for each Client Id. The processor may analyze each Client Id, the associated metadata for each Client Id, and the destination addresses associated with each Client Id using one or more rules in a device identification tree and assign a device label to each Client Id of the one or more devices.
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