Patent ID: 9577888
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: querying a client system to determine one or more information items associated with a network and one or more network devices in the client system; requesting configuration information, based on the one or more information items, from one or more vendors associated with the network, the one or more network devices, or a combination thereof; receiving the requested configuration information; generating, based on the received configuration information, a verified profile for the network and the one or more network devices; analyzing a modification in an active profile associated with the network and the one or more network devices; initiating an update to the verified profile or to the active profile based on a validation of the modification; and transmitting an update message to one or more other client systems that utilize a same type of network devices as the one or more network devices, to the one or more vendors, or a combination thereof based on the validation of the modification.