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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2021
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Steve Epstein, Hashmonaim, IL;
Ezra Darshan, Beit Shemesh, IL;
Harel Cain, Jerusalem, IL;
Shali Mor, Modiin, IL;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a device discovery system includes a data storage medium to store a clustered data structure including device signatures grouped according to clusters. Each device signature includes device information. Each cluster from a sub-set of the clusters has a different device name. The system also includes an input/output sub-system to receive, from a remote device, a first device signature describing information about a first device, and a processor to perform a decision process based on the clustered data structure with the first device signature as input yielding an output including a first device name or an indication that a name associated with the first device signature is unknown. The processor is operative to prepare a response message including data about the output. The input/output sub-system is operative to send the response message to the remote device.