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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Swapna Anandan, Fremont, CA (US);
Flemming Stig Andreasen, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Robert E. Barton, Richmond, CA;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an illustrative method herein may comprise: detecting, by a device, a new asset in a network with a media access control address; monitoring, by the device, the new asset to learn one or more contextual attributes of the new asset in the network; generating, by the device, a profile of the new asset based on the media access control address and the one or more contextual attributes; and using, by the device, the profile to define access and control over the new asset in the network.