US 12,204,480 B2
Identifying devices with multiple network interface cards in a network
Rahul Devidas Rajewar, Santa Clara, CA (US); Yilin Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Gong Cheng, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/297,276.
Prior Publication US 2024/0338332 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/4068 (2013.01) [G06F 2213/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
identifying a plurality of device names corresponding to a plurality of devices from traffic logs generated for a network;
based on extracting features from each of the plurality of device names, generating a plurality of feature vectors, wherein each of the plurality of feature vectors comprises features extracted from a corresponding one of the plurality of device names;
clustering the plurality of feature vectors into a plurality of clusters;
determining if any of the plurality of clusters satisfy a size criterion; and
based on determining that a first cluster of the plurality of clusters satisfies the size criterion, identifying the first cluster as corresponding to a multi-network interface card (NIC) device.