Patent ID: 8683038

Claim:
A method for affecting the behavior of an IP service device (ISD) comprising: receiving an IP service request from the ISD at a network access device, wherein the network access device is connected to a network; forwarding by the network access device the IP service request to an IP application server accessible to the network, wherein the forwarded service request comprises an originating MAC address of the network access device; accessing by the IP application server a quarantine datastore, wherein the quarantine datastore comprises a quarantine status of a plurality of network access devices each of which is associated with a stored MAC address; determining by the IP application server the quarantine status of the ISD as quarantined when the originating MAC address of the network access device matches one of the plurality of stored MAC addresses; and determining by the IP application server the quarantine status of the ISD as not quarantined when the originating MAC address of the network access device does not match one of the plurality of stored MAC addresses; providing by the IP application server the requested IP service when the ISD is not subject to quarantine; and sending by the IP application server a quarantine message to the ISD when the ISD is subject to quarantine.