Network device discovery system and method
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorDavid H. Hanes
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Abstract
A network device discovery system includes a computing system configured to broadcast a device discovery datagram packet to a network such that the device discovery datagram packet is encoded with data identifying at least one device discovered on the network, wherein if a time period from the broadcast of the device discovery datagram packet exceeds a predetermined threshold and a quantity of device discovery datagram packets broadcast to the network exceeds a predetermined threshold, the computing system is configured to discontinue broadcast of device discovery datagram packets to the network.
Claims13
A system, comprising:
- a processor configured to broadcast a device discovery datagram packet to a network, the device discovery datagram packet encoded with data identifying at least one device discovered on the network,
- wherein the processor is configured to broadcast device discovery datagram packets to the network at a predetermined rate as a quantity per unit of time for a predetermined period, and
- wherein if a time period from the broadcast of the device discovery datagram packet exceeds a predetermined threshold and a quantity of the device discovery datagram packets broadcast to the network exceeds a predetermined threshold, the processor is configured to discontinue broadcast of the device discovery datagram packets to the network.
A method, comprising:
- generating a device discovery datagram packet encoded with data identifying at least one device discovered on a network;
- broadcasting the device discovery datagram packet to the network;
- monitoring a time period from broadcasting the device discovery datagram packet to the network and monitoring a quantity of device discovery datagram packets broadcast to the network;
- and
- discontinuing broadcasting of the device discovery datagram packets to the network if the time period from broadcasting exceeds a predetermined threshold and the quantity of device discovery datagram packets exceeds a predetermined threshold,
- wherein the device discovery datagram packets are broadcast to the network at a predetermined rate as a quantity per unit of time for a predetermined period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.