Patent ID: 9049207
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. At least one non-transitory machine accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a machine, cause the machine to: identify, using an asset detection engine, address information of a particular computing device within a network, wherein identification of the address information is facilitated by a first pluggable discovery sensor in a set of discovery sensors included in the asset detection engine, and the first pluggable discovery sensor comprises a passive-type discovery sensor; identify, using the asset detection engine, other address information for at least one other computing device within the network, wherein identification of the other address information is facilitated by a second pluggable discovery sensor in the set of discovery sensors, and the second pluggable discovery sensor comprises an active discovery sensor; and send an identification of the address information of the particular computing device to an asset management system for inclusion of the address information in an asset repository managed by the asset management system.