CONTROLLED ACCESS SWITCH

• US 20070111798A1
• Filed: 10/18/2006
• Published: 05/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Light & Wonder Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Bally Gaming Incorporated (Light & Wonder Incorporated)
• Inventors: Robb, Harold, Oaks, Steven
• Granted Patent: US 8,708,826 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/42
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3232 wherein the operator is informed
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3237 about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3239 Tracking of individual players

Abstract

A Controlled Access Switch (CAS) that can act as an 802.1x supplicant. The system implements server based software that uses SNMP and a database to insure that only secured non-802.1x capable devices are allowed access. The CAS allows an organization to use the CAS as a front end to non-802.1x capable devices such as printers and faxes and become the Supplicant in the 802.1x system. It then secures its ingress ports in coordination with the CAS Control Program running on a central site server.

Claims

1. A controlled access system comprising:

a controlled access switch coupled to a first device and to an authenticator;

an authentication server coupled to the authenticator.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the first device is non-enabled for the controlled access system.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the controlled access switch communicates with the authentication server through the authenticator.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the controlled access switch communicates using SNMP.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the controlled access switch enables a port for the first device when the authentication server authorizes the device.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the authentication server includes software for communicating with the controlled access switch.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the authentication server includes a database of authorized devices.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the database includes MAC addresses of authorized devices.

9. The system of claim 8 further wherein the system implements the EAP protocol.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the system implements the 802.1x protocol.