US Patent 10499189 Communication of data relating to endpoint devices

In one embodiment a method performed by a first device, comprising intercepting a first communication that is destined for a second device or that is originating from the second device but is not destined for the first device, the first communication requesting data relating to a third device or indicative of data determined by and relating to the third device, subsequent to the intercepting, generating a second communication destined for the second device, wherein the second communication is indicative of data relating to the third device that was determined by at least one of the first device or one or more fourth devices, and sending the second communication.