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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A computing device having connectivity to a network stores one or more existing device models, where each of the one or more existing device models is a representation of a different client device used by a first authenticated user to access the network. The computing device obtains a device sample, which comprises network traffic data that is captured during a period of time and which is generated by a particular client device associated with the authenticated user of the network. The computing device determines, based on one or more relational criteria, whether the device sample should be assigned to one of the one or more existing device models or to an additional device model that has not yet been created. The computing device then determines relative identity of the particular client device based on whether the device sample is assigned to one of the one or more device models or to an additional device model that has not yet been created.