Patent ID: 11949547
Assignee: SPLUNK INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving a list of identifiers (IDs) generated by one or more devices in a network environment;
querying a database to find matching IDs in the database that match the IDs in the list of IDs, the database storing a plurality of identifier definitions (IDDs) and IDs, each IDD stored in the database having one or more corresponding IDs stored in the database;
identifying a set of one or more IDDs corresponding to the matching IDs;
causing the set of one or more IDDs corresponding to the matching IDs to be loaded or stored in the network environment;
updating the list of IDs with an updated ID list upon identifying one or more additional devices being added to the network environment or identifying a hardware or software change to one or more of the devices in the network environment;
querying the database to identify additional matching IDs in the database that match updated IDs in the updated ID list; and
identifying an updated set of one or more IDDs corresponding to the additional matching IDs, wherein the identifying an updated set of one or more IDDs comprises obtaining updated IDD data from a vendor of the one or more additional devices added to the network environment or the one or more of the devices in the network environment.