Patent ID: 9377971
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for device discovery, the method comprising: discovering a first set of devices; creating a first list that includes the discovered first set of devices; discovering a second set of devices; creating a second list that includes the discovered second set of devices; enumerating a third set of devices; creating a third list that includes the enumerated third set of devices; determining identifier keys for the first list, the second list, and the third list; generating a modified second list by removing duplicates between the first list and the second list from the second list based on the determined identifier keys; generating a modified first list by removing duplicates between the first list and the third list from the first list based on the determined identifier keys; generating a twice-modified second list by removing duplicates between the modified second list and the third list from the modified second list based on the determined identifier keys; and generating a fourth list by combining the modified first list, the twice-modified second list, and the third list.