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Asset detection system

  • US 9,847,965 B2
  • Filed: 06/02/2015
  • Issued: 12/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining, using an asset detection engine, address information of a particular computing device within a network using a first pluggable discovery sensor in a set of discovery sensors included in the asset detection engine, wherein the first pluggable discovery sensor comprises a passive-type discovery sensor;

    adding a second pluggable discovery sensor to the set of discovery sensors included in the asset detection engine, wherein the second pluggable discovery sensor comprises an active-type discovery sensor;

    determining address information of another computing device within the network using the second pluggable discovery sensor; and

    sending an identification of the address information of the particular computing device to an asset management system for inclusion of the address information in an asset repository managed by the asset management system.

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