Controlled access switch
AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.
InventorsHarold K. Robb, Steven R. Oaks
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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.
Claims4
A controlled configuration and management system for monitoring and controlling one or more gaming devices in a gaming system on at least one gaming floor using a secure authentication procedure for authorizing devices to access the gaming system, the system comprising:
- an authentication server for determining if gaming devices are authorized to access the gaming system;
- an authenticator coupled to the authentication server;
- a gaming machine comprising at least one gaming device enabled for the secure authentication procedure of the controlled access system couple to the authenticator;
- the gaming machine further comprising at least one gaming device non-enabled for the secure authentication procedure of the controlled access system;
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- a controlled access switch coupled between the at least one non-enabled gaming device and the authenticator, wherein the controlled access switch operates as a front end to the secure authentication procedure for the at least one non-enabled gaming device wherein;
- the at least one non-enabled gaming device is associated with a unique identifier;
- the authentication server maintains a database of identifiers associated with authorized non-enabled gaming devices;
- the secure authentication procedure comprises sending the identifier associated with the non-enabled gaming device to the authentication server via the authenticator;
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- the authentication server either accepts or rejects the non-enabled gaming device based on the identifier associated with that device.
In a controlled access system using a secure authentication procedure for authorizing devices to access the system comprising:
- a device non-enabled for the secure authentication procedure and associated with an identifier, an authentication server, implementing a control program and maintaining a database of identifiers, for determining if devices are authorized to access the system, an authenticator coupled to the authentication server, and a controlled access switch coupled to the authenticator, a method for operating the system comprising:
- coupling a device non-enabled for the secure authentication procedure to a port on the controlled access switch;
- the controlled access switch communicating with the control program on the authentication server via the authenticator;
- the authentication server checking the database for the identifier of the non-enabled device;
- if the identifier associated with the device is found in the database, authorizing the device to access the system;
- if the identifier associated with the device is not found in the database:
- notifying an administrator;
- if the administrator agrees to allow the device to access the system, authorizing the device to access the system;
- if the administrator does not agree to allow the device to access the system, denying the device access to the system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.