System and method for remotely initializing, operating and monitoring a general-purpose computer
First Claim
1. An apparatus for remotely operating a general-purpose computer, comprising:
- a) a telephone line interface for receiving a plurality of remotely generated DTMF tones;
b) a data access arrangement (DAA) device coupled to said telephone line interface for detecting and routing the received DTMF tones;
c) a DTMF tone transceiver coupled to said DAA device for receiving and converting the received DTMF tones to corresponding digital signals;
d) a CPU coupled to said DTMF tone transceiver for receiving and converting the digital signals to keyboard data signals; and
e) a switch coupled to said CPU for routing the keyboard data signals to the local keyboard controller to operate the general purpose computer, whereby the keyboard data signals are substituted for the general purpose computer'"'"'s keyboard controller'"'"'s signals.
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Abstract
A system and method for allowing remote initialization, operation, and monitoring of a general-purpose computer and its power supply through bi-directional control of the computer by a remote user, whereby DTMF tones, generated by a telephone at the user end, are received and converted to keyboard control signals, allowing for operations executable by the computer to be remotely generated, including checking system status, executing "Power-ON" and "Power-OFF" commands, cold booting and warm booting the computer, as well as operating the host computer with respect to its operating system and application software, even where there has been a catastrophic malfunction of the host computer and even where the computer includes an ATX motherboard.
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11 Claims
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1. An apparatus for remotely operating a general-purpose computer, comprising:
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a) a telephone line interface for receiving a plurality of remotely generated DTMF tones; b) a data access arrangement (DAA) device coupled to said telephone line interface for detecting and routing the received DTMF tones; c) a DTMF tone transceiver coupled to said DAA device for receiving and converting the received DTMF tones to corresponding digital signals; d) a CPU coupled to said DTMF tone transceiver for receiving and converting the digital signals to keyboard data signals; and e) a switch coupled to said CPU for routing the keyboard data signals to the local keyboard controller to operate the general purpose computer, whereby the keyboard data signals are substituted for the general purpose computer'"'"'s keyboard controller'"'"'s signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for remotely operating a general-purpose computer, comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving a plurality of remotely generated DTMF tones; b) disabling the local keyboard of the general-purpose computer; c) converting said plurality of DTMF tones into keyboard data signals; and d) sending said keyboard data signals to the general-purpose computer'"'"'s keyboard controller to operate the general-purpose computer, whereby the general-purpose computer executes keystroke commands in accordance with said keyboard data signals, including all system and operating platform commands, as if said keyboard data signals were coming from the general-purpose computer'"'"'s local keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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