US 11,777,907 B2
Computer asset discovery for digital transformation
Abhishek Kumar Gautam, Delhi (IN); Kailash Chandra Verma, Gurugram (IN); and Pijush Kanti Biswas, New Delhi (IN)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/211,434.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311740 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 63/029 (2013.01) [G06N 5/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented process of identifying computer assets within a defined network using scanning services respectively connected to each of a plurality of network zones within the defined network, comprising:
identifying, by a particular scanning service contained within the particular one of the network zones, a plurality of internet protocol (IP) addresses within the particular one of the network zones;
collecting, by the particular scanning service, collected information associated with each of the plurality of IP addresses;
inferring, by the particular scanning service and using the collected information associated with each of the plurality of IP addresses, additional information about the plurality of IP addresses;
validating, by the particular scanning service, the additional information; and
presenting, using a graphical user interface connected to the particular scanning service, analytics based upon the collected information and the additional information, wherein
firewalls contained within the particular one of the network zones are configured to allow access by the particular scanning service, and
the identifying, the collecting, and the inferring are performed for each of the plurality of network zones.