Patent ID: 11962621
Assignee: SOPHOS LIMITED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for applying a network access control configuration associated with a network switch comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors of a computer system, information related to device health of an electronic device;
determining, by the one or more processors of the computer system, a health status of the electronic device based at least in part on the received information related to the device health of the electronic device;
requesting, by a network switch having a port connected to the electronic device, the health status of the electronic device from the one or more processors of the computer system;
receiving, by the one or more processors of the computer system, the request for the health status of the electronic device from the network switch;
transmitting, by the one or more processors of the computer system, the health status of the electronic device to the network switch;
receiving, by the network switch, the transmitted health status of the electronic device;
evaluating, by the network switch, the transmitted health status of the electronic device using network access rules corresponding to health statuses; and
applying, by the network switch, a network access control configuration to the port of the network switch based on the evaluating the transmitted health status of the electronic device using the network access rules.