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US 12,184,505 B2Granted
Digital models for testing and diagnosing network issues
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsJay Kemper Johnston, Jeffrey Dominick Jackson, Ryan A. MacLennan, Magnus Mortensen
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Abstract
A network management station is configured to test a computer network through digital model personas. The network management station obtains network behavior data corresponding to user(s) of the computer network and generates digital model(s) based on the network behavior. The network management station deploys a first digital model persona based on a first digital model among the generated digital models. The first digital model persona operates at a first network location to test the computer network.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining network behavior data corresponding to one or more users of a computer network;
- generating one or more digital models based on the network behavior data corresponding to the one or more users, wherein each particular digital model of the one or more digital models replicates a particular set of actions selected from the network behavior data;
- running a first digital model persona based on a first digital model replicating a first set of actions corresponding to a first user among the one or more users of the computer network, the first digital model persona operating at a first location of the computer network to test network operations from the first location of the computer network, wherein running the first digital model persona comprises the first digital model persona performing the first set of actions;
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- comparing a first diagnostic information from the first digital model persona and a second diagnostic information from a second digital model persona to troubleshoot an issue of the computer network.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a network interface configured to communicate with computing devices in a computer network;
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- a processor coupled to the network interface, the processor configured to:
- obtain network behavior data via the network interface, the network behavior data corresponding to one or more users of the computer network;
- generate one or more digital models based on the network behavior data corresponding to the one or more users, wherein each particular digital model of the one or more digital models replicates a particular set of actions selected from the network behavior data;
- cause a first computing device at a first location of the computer network to run a first digital model persona based on a first digital model replicating a first set of actions corresponding to a first user among the one or more users of the computer network, wherein the first digital model persona is configured to test network operations from the first location of the computer network, wherein the first computing device at the first location of the computer network runs the first digital model persona by performing the first set of actions;
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- compare a first diagnostic information from the first digital model persona and a second diagnostic information from a second digital model persona to troubleshoot an issue of the computer network.
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A system comprising:
- a network management station configured to monitor a computer network, the network management station configured to:
- obtain network behavior data corresponding to one or more users of the computer network;
- generate one or more digital models based on the network behavior data corresponding to the one or more users, wherein each particular digital model of the one or more digital models replicates a particular set of actions selected from the network behavior data;
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- compare a first diagnostic information from a first digital model persona and a second diagnostic information from a second digital model persona to troubleshoot an issue of the computer network;
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- a first computing device at a first location of the computer network, the first computing device configured to run the first digital model persona based on a first digital model replicating a first set of actions corresponding to a first user among the one or more users of the computer network, wherein the first computing device configured to run the first digital model persona by performing the first set of actions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.