Computer system having data store protected from internet contamination by virus or malicious code and method for protecting
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1. A computer system comprising:
- a processor;
a memory coupled to the processor;
at least one non-volatile data store including a first data store and a second data store;
a data port;
a communication device for communicating over a communications link to an external device over the Internet; and
at least one of a (i) data store switch and (ii) a communications device switch, the data-store switch when present having a switch state and being operative to modify the accessibility of at least one of the first and second data stores according to an access status of said communications device, and the communications device switch when present being operative to modify the accessibility of said communications device by said computer including by said at least one data store according to the access status of said communications device;
the computer being operable to execute an Internet browser application program; and
the processor programmatically recognizing the intended launch or actual launch of the Internet browser and controlling the state of the data-store switch to make the second data store the only accessible data store when data is received from the Internet over the communications link.
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Abstract
The invention may back up or recover a computing device. The computing device may include a user computing environment and a supporting environment which stabilizes and functionality of the user computing environment. The invention may include one or more external devices or removable media.
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24 Claims
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1. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; at least one non-volatile data store including a first data store and a second data store; a data port; a communication device for communicating over a communications link to an external device over the Internet; and at least one of a (i) data store switch and (ii) a communications device switch, the data-store switch when present having a switch state and being operative to modify the accessibility of at least one of the first and second data stores according to an access status of said communications device, and the communications device switch when present being operative to modify the accessibility of said communications device by said computer including by said at least one data store according to the access status of said communications device; the computer being operable to execute an Internet browser application program; and the processor programmatically recognizing the intended launch or actual launch of the Internet browser and controlling the state of the data-store switch to make the second data store the only accessible data store when data is received from the Internet over the communications link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; at least one non-volatile data store; a data port; a communication device for communicating over a communications link to an external device; and at least one of a (i) data store switch and (ii) a communications device switch, the data-store switch operative to modify the accessibility of at least one data store according to an access status of said communications device, and the communications device switch operative to modify the accessibility of said communications device by said computer including by said at least one data store according to the access status of said communications device; the at least one non-volatile data store comprises first and second data stores and said data-store switch is for modifying the accessibility of at least one of the first and second data stores by the computer; the switching of the first and second data stores may be done under manual, hardware or software control;
under manual control, a user controlling the state of the data-store switch; and
under software control, the data store switch responds Programmatically to the processor in the computer to control the accessibility of the first and second data store according to the connected or disconnected state of the computer; andthe computer is operable to execute an Internet browser application program, the communications link comprises a communications link to the Internet, and the processor programmatically recognizes the intended or actual launch of the Internet browser and controls a state of the data-store switch to make the second data store the only accessible data store when data is received from the Internet over the communications link.
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13. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; at least one non-volatile data store; a data port; a communication device for communicating over a communications link to an external device; and at least one of a (i) data store switch and (ii) a communications device switch, the data-store switch operative to modify the accessibility of at least one data store according to an access status of said communications device, and the communications device switch operative to modify the accessibility of said communications device by said computer including by said at least one data store according to the access status of said communications device; the at least one non-volatile data store comprises first and second data stores and said data-store switch for modifying the accessibility of at least one of the first and second data stores by the computer; the data port is operative to mediate and selectively link the computer to other devices over the communications link; the computer is operable in;
(i) a connected state wherein the computer may use the data port to receive data from another device over the communications link and the data-store switch may enable the second data store, and in (ii) a disconnected state wherein the computer may not use the data port to receive data from another device over the communications link and the data-store switch may enable the first data store, so that the computer may enable only one of the first and second data stores at any given time and the data store enabled depending upon whether the computer is accessing the communications link or not accessing the communications link, and data received over the communications link being isolated only to the second data store; andan Internet browser application program stored on the second data store launches automatically when the computer boots from the second data store. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; at least one non-volatile data store; a data port; a communication device for communicating over a communications link to an external device; and at least one of a (i) data store switch and (ii) a communications device switch, the data-store switch operative to modify the accessibility of at least one data store according to an access status of said communications device, and the communications device switch operative to modify the accessibility of said communications device by said computer including by said at least one data store according to the access status of said communications device; the at least one non-volatile data store comprises first and second data stores and said data-store switch for modifying the accessibility of at least one of the first and second data stores by the computer; the data port is operative to mediate and selectively link the computer to other devices over the communications link; the computer is operable in;
(i) a connected state wherein the computer may use the data port to receive data from another device over the communications link and the data-store switch may enable the second data store, and in (ii) a disconnected state wherein the computer may not use the data port to receive data from another device over the communications link and the data-store switch may enable the first data store, so that the computer may enable only one of the first and second data stores at any given time and the data store enabled depending upon whether the computer is accessing the communications link or not accessing the communications link, and data received over the communications link being isolated only to the second data store; andonly the second data store is available during operation in the connected state; and the second data store includes application program software to process the data received over the communications link so that there is no need to migrate the received data from the second data store to the first data store.
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19. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; at least one non-volatile data store; a data port; a communication device for communicating over a communications link to an external device; and at least one of a (i) data store switch and (ii) a communications device switch, the data-store switch operative to modify the accessibility of at least one data store according to an access status of said communications device, and the communications device switch operative to modify the accessibility of said communications device by said computer including by said at least one data store according to the access status of said communications device; the at least one non-volatile data store comprises first and second data stores and said data-store switch for modifying the accessibility of at least one of the first and second data stores by the computer; the data port is operative to mediate and selectively link the computer to other devices over the communications link; the computer is operable in;
(i) a connected state wherein the computer may use the data port to receive data from another device over the communications link and the data-store switch may enable the second data store, and in (ii) a disconnected state wherein the computer may not use the data port to receive data from another device over the communications link and the data-store switch may enable the first data store, so that the computer may enable only one of the first and second data stores at any given time and the data store enabled depending upon whether the computer is accessing the communications link or not accessing the communications link, and data received over the communications link being isolated only to the second data store; andonly the second data store is available during operation in the connected state; and the data received over the communications link and initially stored on the second data store is migrated to the first data store, and the procedure for migrating includes executing an anti-virus software before performing a copy operation between simultaneously enabled first and second data stores. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. In a computer system of the type having a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, at least one non-volatile data store including at least one of a first data store and a second data store, a data port, and a communication device for communicating over a communications link to an external device on the Internet;
- a method of operating the computer system to protect the system degradation by from viral, hacker, and other malicious code contamination, the method comprising;
providing at least one of a (i) data store switch having a switch state, and (ii) a communications device switch; and
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(i) when the data-store switch is provided, operating the computer system to modify the accessibility of at least one of the first and second data stores according to an access status of said communications device; and
(ii) when the communications device switch is provided, operating the computer system to modify the accessibility of said communications device by said computer including by said at least one data store according to the access status of said communications device;operating the computer system to execute an Internet browser application program within the processor; programmatically recognizing the intended or actual launch of the Internet browser by the processor; and controlling the state of the data-store switch to make the second data store the only accessible data store when data is received from the external device on the Internet over the communications link. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
- a method of operating the computer system to protect the system degradation by from viral, hacker, and other malicious code contamination, the method comprising;
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