A method of identifying an unknown device via interrogation may comprise determining a communication address of an unknown device in communication with an information handling system, capturing a digital image of the unknown device, determining the unknown device belongs to a known class of devices via an object recognition algorithm to analyze the digital image, accessing a device class registry listing a plurality of candidate object identifications associated with the known class of devices, identifying a stimulus action or actuation associated with a first of the plurality of candidate device identifications. The method may also comprise performing the stimulus action, receiving an indication via the communication address indicating the unknown device detected the stimulus action, and associating the communication address of the unknown device with the first of the plurality of candidate device identifications.