Patent ID: 7243147

Claim:
A method for administration of network assets, the method comprising: detecting, by one of asset detection systems, an appearance of an asset in a network; acquiring, by the one of the asset detection systems, registration information associated with the detected asset; sending, by one of asset detection interfaces associated with the one of the asset detection systems, the acquired registration information to asset repositories; and receiving, by asset repository interfaces that run at the asset repositories, the acquired registration information corresponding to the detected asset from the one of the asset detection interfaces, wherein one of the asset repositories: compares the acquired registration information with previously received registration information associated with the detected asset; sends a message to the asset detection interfaces from one of the asset repository interfaces confirming the acquired registration information if the acquired registration information matches the previously received registration information stored at the asset repositories; and sends an alert to the asset detection interfaces from the one of the asset repository interfaces if the acquired registration information does not match the previously received registration information recorded at the asset repositories; and wherein the acquired registration information is updated by reacquiring asset registration information from the one of the asset detection systems.