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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2001
Walter Canis, St. Louis, MO (US);
John Thomas Cronin, Wildwood, MO (US);
Dieter Gantenbein, Adliswil, CH;
Walter Canis, St. Louis, MO (US);
John Thomas Cronin, Wildwood, MO (US);
Dieter Gantenbein, Adliswil, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for mapping a network. Specifically, the present invention provides a non-intrusive system and method for identifying network attached devices as well as the details thereof. Under the present invention, a collection apparatus having collection tools is communicated with the network. The collection tools are operated to collect information from the devices. The device information is then analyzed to identify details of the devices. Once identified, the details are aggregated into a report.