Patent Document ID: 9729426
Application ID: 14151782
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A network analysis system that includes: a processor; a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the network analysis system to perform a method, comprising: storing residual information received from each of a plurality of networks, wherein each network has a distinct management system, wherein each network comprises one or more devices that are managed by the distinct management system, and wherein the residual information includes (1) filtered configuration information obtained by removing information items related solely to devices that are included within each network, and (2) unsatisfied relationships related to connections with other devices that are not within each network in the plurality of networks, satisfying each unsatisfied relationship based on the residual information from each network in the plurality of networks, wherein said satisfying comprises identifying (1) a physical connection between two networks in the plurality of networks, and/or (2) a logical connection between two networks in the plurality of networks; and creating a link, in a network topology model, between individual networks in the plurality of networks corresponding to each unsatisfied relationship that was satisfied.