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Network visibility

  • US 10,560,336 B2
  • Filed: 01/31/2017
  • Issued: 02/11/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • Receiving, at a first time interval, dev ice data associated with one or more devices coupled to a first network, wherein the device data comprises a number of devices and device information that can be used to identify one or more active devices coupled to the first network;

    receiving, at a second time interval, network traffic data associated with the first network at a device coupled to a second network, wherein the first time interval and the second time interval are independent;

    determining, by a processing device, based on the network traffic data, associated with the first network, one or more devices that were coupled to the first network, wherein the determining based on the network traffic data is operative to determine one or more non-active devices associated with the first network by comparing the device data with the network traffic data, wherein one or more non-active devices comprise one or more active devices that are presently in the network traffic data but are not presently active in the device data; and

    initiating an action based on the device information and data associated with the one or more non-active devices, wherein the action comprises changing network access of a non-active device.

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