Method and apparatus for identifying a device within the internet of things using interrogation

A method of identifying an unknown device via interrogation comprising:

• determining a communication address of an unknown device in communication with an information handling system via a network adapter;
• capturing a first digital image of the unknown device via a camera;
• determining the unknown device belongs to a known class of devices via a processor executing an object recognition algorithm to analyze the first digital image;
• accessing via the processor a device class registry listing a plurality of candidate object identifications associated with the known class of devices stored in a memory;
• identifying a stimulus action associated with a first of the plurality of candidate device identifications within the memory;
• if the stimulus action does not require user manual activity, performing the stimulus action;
• receiving an indication via the communication address indicating the unknown device detected the stimulus action;
• and
• associating the communication address of the unknown device with the first of the plurality of candidate device identifications.

An information handling system operating an interrogation based device identification system comprising:

• a network adapter determining a communication address of an unknown device in communication with the information handling system via a network;
• a camera capturing a first digital image of the unknown device;
• a processor determining the unknown device belongs to a known class of devices via an object recognition algorithm analyzing the first digital image;
• the processor executing code instructions of the interrogation based device identification system to:
• access a device class registry listing a plurality of candidate object identifications associated with the known class of devices stored in a memory;
• identify a stimulus action associated with a first of the plurality of candidate device identifications within the memory;
• determine the stimulus action requires user manual activity;
• display via a video display an instruction for the user to perform the user manual activity;
• receive an indication via the communication address indicating the unknown device detected the stimulus action;
• and
• associate the communication address of the unknown device with the first of the plurality of candidate device identifications.