US 11,811,603 B2
Discovering and grouping application endpoints in a network environment
Sachin Waman Danait, Plano, TX (US); Kannan Ponnuswamy, Murphy, TX (US); and Paul John Lesiak, West Orange, NJ (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/110,522.
Application 17/110,522 is a continuation of application No. 17/026,654, filed on Sep. 21, 2020.
Application 17/026,654 is a continuation of application No. 15/686,445, filed on Aug. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,797,951, issued on Oct. 6, 2020.
Application 15/686,445 is a continuation of application No. 14/516,354, filed on Oct. 16, 2014, granted, now 9,781,004, issued on Oct. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0176128 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 41/0853 (2022.01); H04L 41/142 (2022.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0853 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/142 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for identifying and managing devices in a network, comprising:
automatically analyzing a network to discover a plurality of servers providing addressable application components in the network;
grouping the servers discovered at least in part based upon the addressable application components discovered;
constructing a profile based on services provided by the addressable application components running on a server;
reporting the profile to a user;
generating rules applicable to a plurality of the servers with a common profile; and
applying the rules to the plurality of servers with a common profile.