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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
James Gregory Hall, Kittery, ME (US);
Garry D. Gerossie, Jr., Somersworth, NH (US);
John Ahern, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
James Gregory Hall, Kittery, ME (US);
Garry D. Gerossie, Jr., Somersworth, NH (US);
John Ahern, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
CA, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes receiving a polling time period and determining a respective polling time for each network device in a plurality of network devices, wherein each respective polling time is distributed evenly across the polling time period. The method further includes determining a time-out time span. The time-out time span includes a start time equivalent to a polling time period end time and an end time. The method additionally includes polling each network device in the plurality of network devices at each respective polling time. The polling includes sending a first message to a first particular network device, and, in response to sending the first message, listening for a response to the first message until the end time of the time-out time span. The polling further includes flagging the first particular network device for review after the end time of the time-out time span.