CONTROLLED ACCESS SWITCH

• US 20070111799A1
• Filed: 10/18/2006
• Published: 05/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Robb, Harold, Oak, Steven
• Application Number:
  US11/550,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20070111799A1
• 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 17/3234 about the performance of a gaming system, e.g. revenue, diagnosis of the gaming system
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3237 about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of 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 method for providing access to a controlled access system comprising:

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

coupling an authentication server to the authenticator;

using said controlled access switch to negotiate permission with the authenticator.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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