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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2006
Applicants:

David D. Brandt, New Berlin, WI (US);

Brian A. Batke, Novelty, OH (US);

Bryan L. Singer, Alabaster, AL (US);

Craig D. Anderson, River Falls, WI (US);

Glenn B. Schulz, Lannon, WI (US);

Michael A. Bush, Hudson, OH (US);

John C. Wilkinson, Jr., Hudson, OH (US);

Ramdas M. Pai, Racine, WI (US);

Steven J. Scott, Brookfield, WI (US);

Inventors:

David D. Brandt, New Berlin, WI (US);

Brian A. Batke, Novelty, OH (US);

Bryan L. Singer, Alabaster, AL (US);

Craig D. Anderson, River Falls, WI (US);

Glenn B. Schulz, Lannon, WI (US);

Michael A. Bush, Hudson, OH (US);

John C. Wilkinson, Jr., Hudson, OH (US);

Ramdas M. Pai, Racine, WI (US);

Steven J. Scott, Brookfield, WI (US);

Assignee:

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention includes a method including the steps of specifying access control information for resources, for each first protocol packet transmitted on the network, intercepting the first protocol packet prior to a first protocol destination resource, examining embedded packet information to identify at least one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource, identifying the access control information associated with the identified at least one of the intermediate path resources and the final destination resource and restricting transmission of the first protocol packet as a function of the identified access control information.


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