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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2004
Applicant:
Robert L. Faulk, Jr., Roseville, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert L. Faulk, Jr., Roseville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method controls access of a user to a network including a plurality of hosts coupled together through a network switch. The method includes storing in the network switch an enhanced access control list containing data related to at least one of user names, DNS names, domain names, and physical addresses. A dynamic access control list is generated from the enhanced access control list, with the dynamic access control list containing a plurality of IP addresses that restrict access of the user to the network.