System and method of actively establishing and maintaining network communications for one or more applications

• US 20080120423A1
• Filed: 06/22/2007
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Emens, Warren, Hall, David N.
• Application Number:
  US11/821,245
• Publication Number:
  US 20080120423A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/12 Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/50 in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the invention, a communication module, stored with machine-readable medium and executed by a processor of the electronic device, is adapted to detect signaling identifying a wake-up event and to automatically establish connectivity to a network in response to detecting the signaling.

Claims

1. A communication module stored with machine-readable medium implemented within an electronic device and executed by a processor of the electronic device to detect signaling identifying a wake-up event and to automatically establish connectivity to a network in response to detecting the signaling.

2. The communication module of claim 1 wherein the wake-up event is signaling initiated from an RTC Wake Alarm.

3. The communication module of claim 1 wherein the wake-up event is signaling initiated from a wireless message received by a transceiver implemented within the electronic device and powered even though the electronic device is in a power-saving state.

4. The communication module of claim 3 wherein the power saving state is a Shutdown (S5) state.

5. The communication module of claim 3 wherein the power saving state is a Hibernate (S4) state.

6. The communication module of claim 1 wherein the wake-up event is signaling initiated from a message over a wired medium that is received by a transceiver implemented within the electronic device and powered even though the electronic device is in a Shutdown (S5) state.

7. The communication module of claim 1 establishing network connectivity by providing a routable IP address.

8. The communication module of claim 1 further configured to process a message from a remote source in communication with the electronic device over the network and to set a Basic Input Output System (BIOS) password for the electronic device in response to receiving the message.

9. The communication module of claim 1 further configured to process a message from a remote source in communication with the electronic device over the network and to set a hard disk drive (HDD) password for the electronic device in response to receiving the message.

10. The communication module of claim 1 further configured to receive a message from a remote source in communication with the electronic device over the network and to conduct a forced shutdown in response to receiving the message.

11. The communication module of claim 1 further configured to receive a message from a remote source in communication with the electronic device over the network and to retrieve files from the electronic device for transmission to the remote source in response to receiving the message.

12. The communication module of claim 1 further configured to receive a message from a remote source in communication with the electronic device over the network and to activate global position satellite logic in response to receiving the message.

13. The communication module of claim 1 further configured to parse the message, being an encapsulated messages where encapsulation being used as an extensible interface between the communication module and a plurality of applications.

14. The communication module of claim 13 wherein the encapsulated message is a plurality of nested Extensible Markup Language (XML) documents.

15. The communication module of claim 14 wherein the first nested XML document is parsed to a first application while a second nested XML document is parsed to a second application.

16. A method for protecting an electronic device, comprising:

detect signaling identifying a wake-up event while the electronic device is in a power-saving state, the wake-up event being either initiated by a wireless message received from a remote source or initiated by a Real-Time Clock (RTC) Wake Alarm; and

automatically establishing network connectivity in response to detecting the signaling.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the power saving state is a Shutdown (S5) state.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the power saving state is a Hibernate (S4) state.

19. An electronic device, comprising:

a bus;

a processor coupled to the bus;

a display coupled to the bus;

a transceiver coupled to the bus; and

a storage device coupled to the bus, the storage device including a remote communication module that, when executed by the processor, enables the electronic device while in a power-saving state to (i) detect signaling identifying a wake-up event initiated by an incoming wireless message or initiated by a Real-Time Clock (RTC) Wake Alarm and (ii) automatically establish network connectivity in response to detecting the signaling.

20. The electronic device of claim 19 wherein the power saving state is a Shutdown (S5) state.