Global network computers

• US 7,506,020 B2
• Filed: 08/24/2001
• Issued: 03/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Frampton E. Ellis
• Original Assignee: Frampton E. Ellis
• Inventors: Ellis, Frampton E
• Primary Examiner(s): STRANGE, AARON N
• Application Number:
  US09/935,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20020087886A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,762 Days
• Field of Search: 712/10, 712/11, 712/32, 712/34
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 25/30 characterised by the surfactants
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1666 where the redundant component is memory or memory area
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/30 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/76 Architectures of general purpose stored program computers with program plugboard G06F15/08; multicomputers G06F15/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/53 by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/70 Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/74 operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/02 for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0209 Architectural arrangements, e.g. perimeter networks or demilitarized zones
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

An apparatus for a network of computers is presented. A plurality of inner firewalls operate within a personal computer. The personal computer operates in a network of computers and includes at least one microprocessor and at least two memory components. The plurality of inner firewalls deny access to a first memory component of the personal computer by another computer through a network connection with the personal computer during a shared operation. The plurality of inner firewalls also allow access to a second memory component of the personal computer by the other computer through the network connection with the personal computer during the shared operation.

Claims

1. A personal computer, comprising:

a plurality of inner firewalls comprising at least one hardware component and/or at least one firmware component configured to operate within the personal computer, the personal computer being configured to operate in at least one network of computers,

the personal computer comprising at least two microprocessors and at least two memory components, the at least two microprocessors being located on a single microchip;

at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls being configured to deny access to at least one first microprocessor and at least one first memory component of the personal computer by at least one other computer through at least one network connection with the personal computer during at least one shared operation, and

another at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls being configured to allow access to at least one second microprocessor and at least one second memory component of the personal computer by the at least one other computer through the at least one network connection with the at least one personal computer during the at least one shared operation.

2. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein at least one hardware component and/or software file, and/or firmware file is located within at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls.

3. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the following are grouped together inside at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls:

at least one hardware component and at least one software file;

or

at least one hardware component and at least one firmware file;

or

at least one software file and at least one firmware file;

or

at least one hardware component, at least one software file, and at least one firmware file.

4. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls comprises at least one hardware component.

5. The personal computer of claim 1, further comprising at least one dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) network connection.

6. The personal computer of claim 1, further comprising at least one device enabling at least one wireless network connection.

7. The personal computer of claim 6, further comprising at least one hardware encryption component.

8. The personal computer of claim 1, further comprising at least one operating system comprising more than one independent component, at least one of the more than one independent component having its own firewall.

9. The personal computer of claim 1, further comprising at least one operating system comprising more than one independent component, each independent component having its own firewall.

10. The personal computer of claim 1, further comprising at least one application program comprising more than one independent component, at least one of the more than one independent component having its own firewall.

11. The personal computer of claim 1 further comprising at least one application program comprising more than one independent component, each independent component having its own firewall.

12. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein all files of at least one network-accessible portion of volatile memory of the personal computer are erased when control of the at least one network-accessible portion is transferred between the at least one network of computers and at least one user of the personal computer, the at least one network-accessible portion being located outside at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls.

13. The personal computer of claim 12, wherein the volatile memory of the personal computer is erased by power interruption and/or overwriting.

14. The personal computer of claim of 1, wherein all files in at least one network-accessible portion of at least one non-volatile memory of the personal computer are erased when control of the at least one network-accessible portion is transferred between the at least one network and at least one user of the personal computer, the at least one network-accessible portion being located outside at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls.

15. The personal computer of claim 14, wherein the at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls is located on the single microchip.

16. The personal computer of claim 15, wherein at least one first memory component is located on the single microchip.

17. The personal computer of claim 15, wherein at least one second memory component is located on the single microchip.

18. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one first memory component comprises at least one system BIOS.

19. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the single microchip has at least four or 8 or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 microprocessors.

20. The personal computer of claim 19, wherein the single microchip comprises an at least one encryption component.

21. The personal computer of claim 19, wherein the single microchip comprises at least one field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and/or active configuration of an integrated circuit.

22. The personal computer of claim 19, wherein the single microchip comprises at least one master control and/or at least one processing microprocessor.

23. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one network of computers comprises the World Wide Web and/or the Internet.

24. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one network connection comprises at least one optical fiber connection directly to the personal computer.

25. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one first memory component is at least one flash memory device.

26. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one second memory component is at least one flash memory device.

27. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one second memory component is at least one random access memory (RAM) device.

28. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one second memory component is at least one hard drive device.

29. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one second memory component is at least one read-only compact disk drive (CD-ROM) device.

30. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one second memory component is at least one read-only digital video disk drive (DVD) device.

31. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one second memory component is volatile memory.

32. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one second memory component is non-volatile memory.

33. The personal computer of claim 32, wherein the non-volatile memory comprises at least one magnetic random access memory (MRAM) and/or ovonic memory.

34. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one first memory component is non-volatile memory.

35. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one second memory component duplicates the at least one first memory component.

36. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one first memory component is read and write memory.

37. The personal computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one second memory component is read-only memory.

38. The personal computer, comprising:

a plurality of inner firewalls configured to operate within the personal computer, the personal computer being configured to operate in at least one network of computers,

the personal computer comprising at least two microprocessors,

at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls being configured to deny access to at least one first microprocessor of the personal computer by at least one other computer through at least one network connection with the personal computer during at least one shared operation, and

another at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls being configured to allow access to at least one second microprocessor of the personal computer by the at least one other computer through the at least one network connection with the personal computer during the at least one shared operation.

39. The personal computer of claim 38, wherein at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls comprises at least one hardware component and/or at least one firmware component.

40. The personal computer of claim 39, wherein at least two or four or 8 or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 microprocessors are located on a single microchip.

41. The personal computer of claim 40, wherein the single microchip comprises at least one encryption component.

42. The personal computer of claim 40, wherein the single microchip comprises at least one field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and/or active configuration of at least one integrated circuit.

43. The personal computer of claim 40, wherein the single microchip comprises at least one master control and/or at least one processing microprocessor.

44. The personal computer of claim 40, wherein the single personal computer comprises at least one device enabling at least one wireless network connection.

45. The personal computer of claim 38, wherein at least two of the plurality of inner firewalls and the at least two microprocessors are located on the single microchip.

46. The personal computer, comprising:

at least one microchip comprising a plurality of inner firewalls configured to operate within the personal computer, the personal computer being configured to operate in at least one network of computers,

at least one microchip comprising at least two microprocessors and at least two memory components,

at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls being configured to deny access to at least one first microprocessor and at least one first memory component of the personal computer by at least one other computer through at least one network connection with the personal computer during at least one shared operation, and

another at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls being configured to allow access to at least one second microprocessor and at least one second memory component of the personal computer by the at least one other computer through the at least one network connection with the personal computer during the at least one shared operation.

47. The personal computer of claim 46, wherein at least one of the plurality of inner firewalls comprises at least one hardware component and/or at least one firmware component.

48. The personal computer of claim 47, wherein at least two or four or 8 or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 microprocessors are located on a single microchip.

49. The personal computer of claim 48, wherein the single microchip comprises at least one encryption component.

50. The personal computer of claim 48, wherein the single microchip comprises at least one field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and/or active configuration of at least one integrated circuit.

51. The personal computer of claim 48, wherein the single microchip comprises at least one master control and/or at least one processing microprocessor.

52. The personal computer of claim 48, wherein the single personal computer comprises at least one device enabling at least one wireless network connection.