Patents by Inventor Harold K. Robb
Harold K. Robb has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9530274Abstract: The system provides the capability of identifying the presence and location of network devices. During start-up, a device sends its MAC address out on the network. A local switch collects MAC and IP addresses for the devices connected to it. Periodically, the switch transmits raw Ethernet frames, USB packets, or TCP packets containing tables of devices and associated MAC/IP addresses. When a device receives information about another device, the device may attempt communication with that device. First, a verification procedure is used to validate the devices. Subsequently, communication is possible between the devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Bally Gaming International, Inc.Inventor: Harold K. Robb
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Patent number: 8708826Abstract: A Controlled Access Switch (CAS) that can act as an 802.1x supplicant. The system implements server based software that uses SNMP and a database to insure that only secured non-802.1x capable devices are allowed access. The CAS allows an organization to use the CAS as a front end to non-802.1x capable devices such as printers and faxes and become the Supplicant in the 802.1x system. It then secures its ingress ports in coordination with the CAS Control Program running on a central site server.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Harold K. Robb, Steven R. Oaks
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Publication number: 20140051522Abstract: The system provides the capability of identifying the presence and location of network devices. During start-up, a device sends its MAC address out on the network. A local switch collects MAC and IP addresses for the devices connected to it. Periodically, the switch transmits raw Ethernet frames, USB packets, or TCP packets containing tables of devices and associated MAC/IP addresses. When a device receives information about another device, the device may attempt communication with that device. First, a verification procedure is used to validate the devices. Subsequently, communication is possible between the devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Bally Gaming International, Inc.Inventor: Harold K. Robb
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Patent number: 8591340Abstract: The system provides the capability of identifying the presence and location of network devices. During start-up, a device sends its MAC address out on the network. A local switch collects MAC and IP addresses for the devices connected to it. Periodically, the switch transmits raw Ethernet frames, USB packets, or TCP packets containing tables of devices and associated MAC/IP addresses. When a device receives information about another device, the device may attempt communication with that device. First, a verification procedure is used to validate the devices. Subsequently, communication is possible between the devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventor: Harold K. Robb
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Publication number: 20120142431Abstract: The system provides the capability of identifying the presence and location of network devices. During start-up, a device sends its MAC address out on the network. A local switch collects MAC and IP addresses for the devices connected to it. Periodically, the switch transmits raw Ethernet frames, USB packets, or TCP packets containing tables of devices and associated MAC/IP addresses. When a device receives information about another device, the device may attempt communication with that device. First, a verification procedure is used to validate the devices. Subsequently, communication is possible between the devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: BALLY GAMING INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventor: Harold K. Robb
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Patent number: 8118677Abstract: The system provides the capability of identifying the presence and location of network devices. During start-up, a device sends its MAC address out on the network. A local switch collects MAC and IP addresses for the devices connected to it. Periodically, the switch transmits raw Ethernet frames, USB packets, or TCP packets containing tables of devices and associated MAC/IP addresses. When a device receives information about another device, the device may attempt communication with that device. First, a verification procedure is used to validate the devices. Subsequently, communication is possible between the devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2005Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Bally Gaming International, Inc.Inventor: Harold K. Robb
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Publication number: 20080220880Abstract: A trusted cabinet identification device is secured within a cabinet of a gaming machine that is linked to a central server over a network. The gaming machine includes a plurality of components to be identified within the cabinet. The trusted cabinet identification device includes an interface processor and a security device. The interface processor communicates unique identifiers and encryption keys to one or more components to be identified within the cabinet. Preferably, the interface processor is capable of communicating in multiple protocols. The security device stores unique identifiers and encryption keys, as well as performing security functions. The trusted cabinet identification device enables components within the gaming cabinet to obtain unique identifiers and encryption keys as needed, and register with the central server over the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Fred Barrie, Harold K. Robb
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Publication number: 20080220879Abstract: A method of identifying components within a gaming machine cabinet that is linked to a central server over a network is disclosed in which the gaming machine includes a plurality of components to be identified within the cabinet. The method includes storing a unique cabinet identifier and encryption key; generating a digital signature from the encryption key; transmitting the unique cabinet identifier to a component to be identified within the cabinet upon power-up of the component; transmitting the digital signature to the component to confirm origin of the unique cabinet identifier; and enabling components within the gaming machine cabinet to register with a game floor manager system on the central server via the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Fred Barrie, Harold K. Robb