Patent ID: 9369299
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A system for out-of-band control of network access supporting multiple connections comprising: a network comprising a server device, at least one terminal device, and a communication link between them; at least one remote access device (RAD) comprising memory, and communicatively coupled to said network; and a Network Access Control Server (NACS) comprising memory, controlling said network access, wherein said network access control is out of band and comprises: identity management of said connections; endpoint compliance of said connections; and usage policy enforcement of said connections; wherein said enforcement is out of band and is accomplished on said RAD, comprising communicating with said RAD to make real-time changes to its running configuration, whereby said enforcement is vendor-independent and said system is RAD-agnostic; said network access control comprising receiving a connect attempt to said network from a user device; said RAD authenticating connecting user to said NACS for said out of band network control; said NACS capturing RAD identification, location; restricting access to said network by said user device with a network access filter (NAF) configured on said RAD; said RAD directing said client device to an agent; on said user device, running said agent; said agent identifying client to said NACS; modifying said NAF based on compliance; and monitoring post-connection of successful connections.