Systems and Methods for Automatic Device Detection

A method comprising employing at least one hardware processor of a device detection appliance to:

• analyze data received from a client device connected to the device detection appliance by a local network, to determine a set of features of the client device;
• in response, employing the at least one hardware processor to select a category of devices according to the set of features;
• employing the at least one hardware processor to determine a first score according to a first subset of the set of features, the first score indicative of a first degree to which the client device is representative of the category of devices;
• employing the at least one hardware processor to determine a second score according to a second subset of the set of features, the second score indicative of a second degree to which the client device is representative of the category of devices;
• employing the at least one hardware processor to combine the first and second scores to produce an aggregate score;
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• in response to producing the aggregate score, employing the at least one hardware processor to determine whether to assign the client device to the category of devices according to the aggregate score.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by at least a hardware processor of a device detection appliance, cause the device detection appliance to:

• analyze data received from a client device connected to the device detection appliance by a local network, to determine a set of features of the client device;
• in response, select a category of devices according to the set of features;
• determine a first score according to a first subset of the set of features, the first score indicative of a first degree to which the client device is representative of the category of devices;
• determine a second score according to a second subset of the set of features, the second score indicative of a second degree to which the client device is representative of the category of devices;
• combine the first and second scores to produce an aggregate score;
• and
• in response to producing the aggregate score, determine whether to assign the client device to the category of devices according to the aggregate score.