Classification of objects
AssigneeBDNA Corporation
InventorsAlexander Meau, Danny Leung
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Abstract
Each known operating system, software, or hardware can correspond to a list of identifiable attributes that is used to uniquely identify the operating system, software, or hardware of interest. By using these identifiable attributes in rules, fingerprints can be generated that define the existence of an object (e.g. operating systems, software and hardware). By using the generated fingerprints via a discovery tool, the existence of the objects can be determined within an environment (e.g. computing device, computing network).
Claims14
A method for generating fingerprints, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of identifiable attributes associated with an object, wherein the object has its own unique combination of identifiable attributes;
- generating rules based on the received plurality of identifiable attributes, wherein the generated rules specifically identifies the object within an environment;
- and
- generating a script based on the generated rules, wherein the generated script is executable by an application that is used to search for the object within the environment.
A system for generating fingerprints, comprising:
- one or more computing devices associated with an environment;
- and
- a server that includes memory that has instructions executed by a processor to:
- receive a plurality of identifiable attributes associated with an object from the environment associated with the one or more computing devices, wherein the object has its own unique combination of identifiable attributes;
- generate rules based on the received plurality of identifiable attributes, wherein the generated rules specifically identifies the object within an environment;
- and
- generate a script based on the generated rules, wherein the generated script is executable by a discovery tool that is used to search for the object in the environment.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for generating fingerprints, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of identifiable attributes associated with an object, wherein the object has its own unique combination of identifiable attributes;
- generating rules based on the received plurality of identifiable attributes, wherein the generated rules specifically identifies the object within an environment;
- and
- generating a script based on the generated rules, wherein the generated script is executable by an application that is used to search for the object within the environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.