Method of Internet surfing to eliminate the risk of receiving malicious code

• US 20060232592A1
• Filed: 04/18/2005
• Published: 10/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Paul Leo Faso
• Original Assignee: Paul Leo Faso
• Inventors: Faso, Paul Leo
• Application Number:
  US11/108,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20060232592A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/530
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/567 using dedicated hardware
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/85 interconnection devices, e.g. bus-connected or in-line devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/145 the attack involving the propagation of malware through the network, e.g. viruses, trojans or worms

Abstract

A method of surfing the Internet or receiving email, utilizing a conversion device having transient memory isolated from other parts of the computer to download digital data from a web page or email client and convert the digital data into an analog display signal for display on a television or computer monitor adapted to display analog display signals, said method preventing unwanted or malicious digital data or code from compromising other components of the computer by isolating the digital data in the transient memory of the conversion device and clearing it from the transient memory of the conversion device when no longer needed.

Claims

1. A method of surfing the internet without exposing a permanent memory storage:

device of a user'"'"'s computer to downloaded data, said method comprising the steps of;

(a) routing digital data returned from an accessed URL to a conversion device, said conversion device not having an electronic connection to any permanent memory storage device of the computer;

(b) reassembling a digital display signal from the digital data using a graphics engine of the conversion device;

(c) converting the digital display signal into an analog display signal; and

(d) displaying said analog display signal on an analog display device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of storing the digital data in transient memory of the conversion device.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of storing the digital display signal in transient memory of said conversion device.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of clearing the digital data from the transient memory of the conversion device.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of clearing the digital display signal from the transient memory of the conversion device.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

(a) using an input device to provide input data to the conversion device;

(b) said conversion device performing an action associated with said input data.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the conversion device further comprises an ASIC email client application for sending and receiving emails utilizing the conversion device.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of receiving email through an email client application of the conversion device.

9. A method of interacting with a computer network comprising:

(a) accessing a URL of the network using a browser application of a conversion device connected to a computer having one or more memory storage devices, the conversion device having transient memory isolated electronically from the memory storage devices of the computer;

(b) downloading digital data from the URL to the conversion device;

(c) assembling a digital display signal from the digital data;

(d) converting the digital display signal into an analog display signal; and

(e) displaying the analog display signal on an analog display device.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of inputting commands to the browser application through one or more input devices.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of storing the digital data in the transient memory of the conversion device.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of storing the digital display signal in the transient memory of the conversion device.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of clearing the digital data from the transient memory of the conversion device.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of clearing the digital display signal from the transient memory of the conversion device.

15. The method of claim 9 wherein the conversion device further comprises an ASIC email client application for sending and receiving emails utilizing the conversion device.

16. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of receiving email through an email client application of the conversion device.