Patent ID: 11971962
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a device, a set of device classification rules, each device classification rule specifying one or more attributes from a set of attributes and being configured to assign a device type to an endpoint in a network when the endpoint exhibits the one or more attributes specified by that rule;
forming, by the device, a graphical representation of the set of attributes by generating a concept lattice based on the set of attributes that represents a plurality of potential device classification rules, wherein the graphical representation of the set of attributes comprises a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges interconnecting the plurality of nodes, each node representing a particular subset of the set of attributes being exhibited by one or more endpoints in the network, and each edge representing a relationship between two nodes;
performing, by the device, an analysis of the graphical representation of the set of attributes;
selecting, by the device and based on the analysis of the graphical representation of the set of attributes, a particular device classification rule from among the plurality of potential device classification rules configured to assign a device type to the one or more endpoints; and
providing, by the device, a result of the analysis to a user interface.