US 2026/0149754 A1 · APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING NETWORK DEVICE BASED ON NETWORK BEHAVIOR

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for identifying a network device based on network behavior are provided. The method is adapted for an electronic apparatus having a processor to identify a network device connected to a network and includes following steps. Network behavior data of plural network devices connected to the network are retrieved; plural pieces of behavior information associated with each network device are retrieved from the network behavior data, a tag is generated by using the behavior information to create a behavior description for each network device and record the behavior descriptions in an identification database, and in response to retrieving current network behavior data, the behavior information in the current network behavior data are parsed and compared with the tag of each behavior description in the identification database, so as to identify the network device to which the current network behavior data belong based on a comparison result.

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Dependent claims

A method for identifying a network device based on network behavior, the method being adapted for an electronic apparatus having a processor to identify the network device connected to a network and comprising following steps:

retrieving network behavior data of a plurality of the network devices connected to the network;
retrieving a plurality of pieces of behavior information associated with each of the network devices from the network behavior data, generating a tag by using the behavior information to create a behavior description of each of the network devices and recording the behavior descriptions in an identification database;
and
in response to retrieving current network behavior data, parsing and comparing the behavior information in the current network behavior data with the tag of each of the behavior descriptions in the identification database, and identifying the network device to which the current network behavior data belong based on a comparison result.

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An apparatus for identifying a network device based on network behavior, the apparatus comprising:

a data retrieving apparatus;
a storage apparatus;
and
a processor, coupled to the data retrieving apparatus and the storage apparatus and configured to:
retrieve network behavior data of a plurality of network devices connected to a network by using the data retrieving apparatus;
retrieve a plurality of pieces of behavior information associated with each of the network devices from the network behavior data, generate a tag by using the behavior information to create a behavior description of each of the network devices, and record the behavior descriptions in an identification database;
and
in response to the data retrieving apparatus retrieving current network behavior data, parse and compare the behavior information in the current network behavior data with the tag of each of the behavior descriptions in the identification database and identify the network device to which the current network behavior data belong based on a comparison result.

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Apparatus and method for identifying network device based on network behavior

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