Patent Document ID: 7660883
Application ID: 11481237
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of determining a state of a network model representing at least a portion of a network, the method comprising: receiving a new focal time for the network model; evaluating the new focal time with respect to a current focal time of the network mode; selecting a keyframe of network data in response to a determination that there is at least one keyframe of network data having a time between the current focal time of the model and the new focal time, wherein the network data further includes a communication from an unidentified network device; modifying the state of the network model with the selected keyframe of network data and setting the current focal time of the network model to the time of the selected keyframe of network data in response to selecting the keyframe of network data; selecting a set of network event data occurring between the current focal time of the network model and at least the new focal time; modifying the state of the network model with the selected set of network event data; identifying a network address for the unidentified network device; selecting one of a plurality of device modules; attempting to communicate with the unidentified network device using the selected device module; determining if the attempt to communicate with the unidentified network device was successful; and repeating the identifying the network address, the selecting the one of the plurality of device modules, and the attempting to communicate with the unidentified network device for at least one additional device module in response to a determination that the attempt to communicate with the unidentified network device was not successful.