US 12,278,879 B2
Predicting future network issues for users with digital model personas
Jay Kemper Johnston, Raleigh, NC (US); David C. White, Jr., St. Petersburg, FL (US); Jeffrey Dominick Jackson, Holly Springs, NC (US); Magnus Mortensen, Cary, NC (US); Matthew R. Engle, Plano, TX (US); and Ryan Alan MacLennan, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/975,199.
Prior Publication US 2024/0146824 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 67/60 (2022.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/75 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/60 (2022.05) [G06F 9/5044 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/75 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
measuring network activity of a user performing a plurality of tasks, the network activity including communication between a user device of the user and at least one network resource associated with a corresponding task of the plurality of tasks performed by the user;
generating a digital model persona of the user based on the plurality of tasks performed by the user, wherein the digital model persona is configured to mimic the plurality of tasks performed by the user, and wherein the digital model persona associates a corresponding network location for each of the plurality of tasks performed by the user;
determining a schedule of the plurality of tasks performed the user, wherein each particular task of the plurality of tasks is associated with a corresponding execution time for the user;
configuring the digital model persona to test the at least one network resource associated with the corresponding task at a testing time that is a predetermined length of time prior to the corresponding execution time for the user, wherein the testing time varies between the plurality of tasks;
determining whether the user device is at the corresponding network location at the testing time; and
responsive to a determination that the user device is not at the corresponding network location at the testing time, configuring the digital model persona to test the at least one network resource from a neighboring network location, wherein the neighboring network location is along a path between the corresponding network location and the at least one network resource.