Centralized security control system
First Claim
1. A central security control system for use in a network, said network having a plurality of switching elements, said security control system for controlling access by a plurality of requesters to a plurality of destinations, said destinations being connected to said security control system by said network, said security control system comprising:
- means for receiving a request for access to a particular destination of said plurality of destinations from one of said requesters at a location; and
means for communicating over said network from said security control system, in response to said received request, one of a predetermined plurality of levels of access to said destination that is to be granted by said destination to said requester.
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Abstract
A central security control system (security system) interfaces between a plurality of requesters and a plurality of destinations such that it receives from the requesters requests for access to the destinations and communicates to the destinations a level of access that should be granted to a requester by that destination on a per request basis. In a preferred embodiment the security system also a) authenticates the requester to a predetermined level from which the level of access that is to be granted is derived and b) causes a direct connection to be established between the requester and the destination.
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23 Claims
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1. A central security control system for use in a network, said network having a plurality of switching elements, said security control system for controlling access by a plurality of requesters to a plurality of destinations, said destinations being connected to said security control system by said network, said security control system comprising:
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means for receiving a request for access to a particular destination of said plurality of destinations from one of said requesters at a location; and means for communicating over said network from said security control system, in response to said received request, one of a predetermined plurality of levels of access to said destination that is to be granted by said destination to said requester. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for use in a central security control system in a network, said network having a plurality of switching elements, said security control system for controlling access by a plurality of requesters to a plurality of destinations, said destinations being connected to said security control system by said network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for access to a particular destination of said plurality of destinations from one of said requesters at a location; and communicating over said network from said security control system, in response to said received request, one of a predetermined plurality of levels of access to said destination that is to be granted by said destination to said requester. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A central security control system for controlling access by requesters to a plurality of destinations over a communications network, the system comprising:
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means for receiving request from one of the requesters at a location for access to a particular one of the destinations; means for communicating to the particular destination, over the network, an indication of one of a predetermined plurality of access levels to be granted by the destination to the one requester; and means for instructing the network, at a time substantially contemporaneous with the communication of said indication, to interconnect the location to the particular destination over the network in such a way that the interconnection is independent of the entire central security control system. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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