Patent Document ID: 9135293
Application ID: 13897891
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: receiving a request to determine model information of an unknown first device of a plurality of devices connected to a network, each of the plurality of devices having a corresponding network device identifier; in response to receiving the request: analyzing a database to determine the model information of the unknown first device, wherein the database includes database information that maps one or more of the plurality of network device identifiers to model information of one or more corresponding devices of the plurality of devices; in response to determining a device identifier for the unknown first device is not already mapped to model information in the database, determining model information for the unknown first device without communicating with the unknown first device by: extrapolating model information of the unknown first device based on portions of a device identifier associated with the request and the database information; and determining a confidence level indicating a level of confidence that the extrapolated model information of the first device is correct; returning the extrapolated model information of the first device and the confidence level in response to the request.