ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,575, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Tel Aviv, Israel).

"Network device classification" was invented by Amit Elhelo (Tel Aviv, Israel), Dmitry Zinkevich (Ashdod, Israel), Erez Israel (Tel Aviv, Israel), Daniel Cohen-Sason (Rishon Le-Zion, Israel), Ofek Dadush (Givat Shmuel, Israel) and Natan Katz (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for classifying network devices based on their manufacturer (also referred to as vendor or brand) and function (e.g., printer, car, thermostat, etc.). This classification process utilizes a trained model that leverages parameters a...