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METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT UNIDENTIFIED INVENTORY

  • US 20120226791A1
  • Filed: 03/03/2011
  • Published: 09/06/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving data that was collected from a plurality of network devices;

    wherein the data includes at least one device identifier for a neighboring network device of at least one network device of the plurality of network devices;

    comparing the at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device to one or more device identifiers of known network devices;

    in response to determining that the at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device does not match a device identifier for the known network devices, adding the at least one device identifier to a list of unidentified inventory;

    wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

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