Personal and server computers having microchips with multiple processing units and internal firewalls

• US 7,634,529 B2
• Filed: 05/27/1998
• Issued: 12/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Frampton E. Ellis III
• Original Assignee: Frampton E. Ellis III
• Inventors: Ellis, Frampton E. III
• Primary Examiner(s): STRANGE, AARON N
• Application Number:
  US09/085,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20010013049A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,220 Days
• Field of Search: 709201-202, 709/209, 709/239, 709/208, 709/203, 709223-226, 709/229, 709/2, 709/3, 709/11, 707/8, 705/8, 348/3, 726/2, 726/3, 726/11
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/509 Offload
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• 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 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• 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 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A system comprising a personal computer configured to operate with another computer connected to a network of computers. The personal computer includes a microchip having a microprocessor with a control unit and at least two processing units, the control unit being configured to allow a user of the personal computer to control the two processing units, and the microchip including a power management component. The personal computer includes an internal firewall configured to allow and/or deny access to portions of the microchip both to the user of the personal computer and to a user of the microchip from the network of computers during a shared use of the microchip; and the internal firewall is configured to deny access to portions of the microchip from the network of computers.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least one personal computer, said at least one personal computer configured to operate with at least one other computer connected to at least one network of computers;

said at least one personal computer including at least one microchip having at least one microprocessor with at least one control unit and at least two processing units, said at least one control unit configured to allow at least one user of said at least one personal computer to control said at least two processing units, and said at least one microchip including at least one power management component;

said at least one personal computer including at least one internal firewall, said at least one internal firewall configured to allow and/or deny access to portions of said at least one microchip both to said at least one user of said at least one personal computer and to at least one user of said at least one microchip from said at least one network of computers during at least one shared use of said at least one microchip; and

said at least one internal firewall being configured to deny access to portions of said at least one microchip from said at least one network of computers.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one personal computer includes at least one camera component.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said at least one personal computer includes at least one videocam component.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one personal computer includes at least one radio component.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one personal computer includes at least one television component.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one personal computer includes at least one Flash memory.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one personal computer includes at least one hard drive.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one personal computer includes at least one digital signal processor.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one network includes the World Wide Web which is utilized to provide shared computer processing resources.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein there is at least one direct optical fiber network connection to said at least one personal computer.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein there is at least one direct wireless connection from said at least one personal computer to said at least one other computer connected to said at least one network.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one personal computer is equipment of an automobile or other transportation vehicle or other conveyance.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one microchip includes:

at least one digital signal processor;

or

at least one network communications component;

or

both.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one shared use includes:

parallel processing;

or

multi-processing;

or

multi-tasking;

or

any combination thereof.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one personal computer is configured so that said at least one user of said at least one personal computer retains preemptive control of all components of said at least one personal computer.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one microchip includes:

at least four processing units;

or

at least eight processing units;

or

at least 16 processing units;

or

at least 32 processing units;

or

at least 64 processing units;

or

at least 128 processing units;

or

at least 256 processing units;

or

at least 512 processing units;

or

at least 1024 processing units.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one personal computer includes random access memory (RAM), said RAM being located on said at least one microchip.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one microchip includes:

at least one graphics component;

or

at least one audio component;

or

at least one video processing component;

or

at least one flash BIOS;

or

any combination thereof.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one personal computer is configured to operate wirelessly with said at least one other computer in a client/server or a peer-to-peer network architecture.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one microprocessor of said at least one personal computer is controlled by said at least one user of said at least one personal computer through said at least one user'"'"'s operation of at least one wireless controller.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one microchip has at least one internal firewall configured to allow and/or deny access to portions of said at least one microchip both to said at least one user of said at least one personal computer and to any other users from said at least one network of computers.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein:

said at least one internal firewall is configured to deny access to said at least one control unit by said at least one other computer during said at least one shared use involving said at least one personal computer and said at least one other computer of said at least one network of computers; and

said at least one internal firewall is further configured to allow access to at least one of said at least two processing units by said at least one other computer of said at least one network of computers during said at least one shared use.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to deny access to said at least one control unit by said at least one network of computers during said at least one shared use involving said at least one personal computer and said at least one network of computers.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein said at least one internal firewall is at least one hardware firewall, at least one software firewall, at least one firmware firewall, or at least one other component firewall, or any combination thereof.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to allow access to said at least one of said at least two processing units by said at least one network of computers during said at least one shared use.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to deny access to at least one of said at least two processing units by said at least one user of said at least one personal computer during said at least one shared use.

27. The system of claim 22, wherein said at least one firewall is configured to protect network use from unauthorized surveillance of said at least one of said at least two processing units by said at least one user of said at least one personal computer during said at least one shared use.

28. The system of claim 22, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to protect network use from intervention in said at least one of said at least two processing units by said at least one user of said at least one personal computer during said at least one shared use.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein the internal firewall encloses only a portion of the resources of said at least one personal computer.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one personal computer includes at least one telephone component.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein:

at least one server computer is connected to the Internet;

at least two personal computers are connected to the at least one server computer through said at least one network;

said at least one server computer is configured to function during at least one shared use involving said at least two personal computers; and

said at least one personal computer is configured to operate with at least one other personal computer connected to said at least one network utilizing a peer to peer wireless network connection configured to directly couple said at least one personal computer to said at least one other personal computer via the wireless network connection without connecting to said at least one server computer.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one user of said at least one personal computer is an owner of said at least one personal computer.

33. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one network comprises the Internet and/or an intranet.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to permanently deny access to portions of said microchip from said at least one network of computers.

35. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one shared use includes at least one unauthorized shared use, including intrusion by hackers from outside said at least one personal computer.

36. A system, comprising:

at least one personal computer, said at least one personal computer configured to be directly coupled to at least one other personal computer and/or at least one server computer by at least one network;

said at least one personal computer including at least one microchip having at least one microprocessor with at least one control unit and at least two processing units, said at least one control unit configured to allow at least one user of said at least one personal computer to control the at least two processing units;

said at least one personal computer including at least one internal firewall configured to allow and/or deny access to portions of said at least one microchip both to said at least one user of said at least one personal computer and at least one user of said at least one microchip from at least one network of computers during at least one shared use of said at least one microchip;

wherein said at least one internal firewall is at least one hardware firewall; and

said at least one internal firewall being configured to deny access to portions of said at least one microchip from said at least one network of computers.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein there is at least one direct optical fiber network connection to said at least one personal computer.

38. The system of claim 36, wherein there is at least one wireless connection from said at least one personal computer to said at least one network of computers.

39. The system of claim 36, wherein said at least one personal computer is equipment of an automobile or other transportation vehicle or other conveyance.

40. The system of claim 36, wherein said at least one microchip includes:

at least one digital signal processor;

or

at least one network communications component;

or both.

41. The system of claim 36, wherein said at least one personal computer is configured so that said at least one other user of said at least one personal computer retains preemptive control of all components of said at least one personal computer.

42. The system of claim 36, wherein said at least one microchip includes:

at least four processing units;

or

at least eight processing units;

or

at least 16 processing units;

or

at least 32 processing units;

or

at least 64 processing units;

or

at least 128 processing units;

or

at least 256 processing units;

or

at least 512 processing units;

or

at least 1024 processing units.

43. The system of claim 36, wherein said at least one personal computer includes random access memory (RAM), said RAM being located on said at least one microchip.

44. The system of claim 36, wherein said at least one microchip includes:

at least one graphics component;

or

at least one audio component;

or

at least one video processing component;

or

at least one flash BIOS component;

or

any combination thereof.

45. The system of claim 36, wherein said at least one microprocessor of said at least one personal computer is controlled by said at least one other user of said at least one personal computer through said at least one other user'"'"'s operation of at least one wireless controller.

46. The system of claim 36, wherein said at least one microchip has at least one internal firewall configured to allow and deny access to portions of said at least one microchip both to said at least one other user of said at least one personal computer and to any other users from said at least one network of computers.

47. The system of claim 36, wherein:

said at least one internal firewall is further configured to deny access to at least one of said at least two processing units by said at least one other computer during said at least one shared use involving said at least one personal computer and said at least one other computer of said at least one network of computers; and

said at least one internal firewall is further configured to allow access to at least one of said at least two processing units by said at least one other computer of said at least one network of computers during said at least one shared use.

48. The system of claim 47, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to deny access to said at least one control unit by said at least one network of computers during said at least one shared use involving said at least one personal computer and said at least one network of computers.

49. The system of claim 47, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to allow access to said at least one control unit by said at least one network of computers during said at least one shared use.

50. The system of claim 49, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to deny access to at least one of said at least two processing units by said at least one user of said at least one personal computer during said at least one shared use.

51. The system of claim 50, wherein said at least one firewall includes hardware or software or firmware or any combination thereof.

52. The system of claim 47, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to protect network use from unauthorized surveillance of said at least one of said at least two processing units by said at least one user of said at least one personal computer during said at least one shared use.

53. The system of claim 47, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to protect network use from intervention in said at least one of said at least two processing units of said at least one personal computer by said at least one user of said at least one personal computer during said at least one shared use.

54. The system of claim 36, wherein a peer to peer wireless network connection couples said at least one personal computer to at least one other personal computer via the wireless network connection.

55. The system of claim 36, wherein the internal firewall encloses only a portion of the resources of said at least one personal computer.

56. The system of claim 36, wherein said at least one user of said at least one personal computer is an owner of said at least one personal computer.

57. The system of claim 36, wherein said at least one network comprises the Internet and/or an intranet.

58. The system of claim 36, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to permanently deny access to portions of said at least one microchip from said at least one network of computers.

59. The system of claim 36, wherein said at least one shared use includes at least one unauthorized shared use, including intrusion by hackers from outside said at least one personal computer.

60. A system, comprising:

at least one server computer configured to operate with at least one other computer connected by a network;

said at least one server computer including at least one microchip having at least one microprocessor with at least one control unit and at least two or four or eight or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 processing units, said at least one control unit configured to allow at least one user of said at least one server computer to control said at least two or four or eight or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 processing units, said at least one microchip including at least one power management component;

and said at least one server computer including at least one internal firewall, said at least one internal firewall configured to allow and/or deny access to portions of said at least one microchip both to said at least one user of said at least one server computer and to at least one user of said at least one microchip from said at least one network of computers during at least one shared use of said at least one microchip; and

said at least one internal firewall being configured to deny access to portions of said at least one microchip from said at least one network of computers.

61. The system of claim 60, wherein said at least one user of said at least one personal computer is an owner of said at least one personal computer.

62. The system of claim 60, wherein said at least one network comprises the Internet and/or an intranet.

63. The system of claim 60, wherein said at least one microchip has at least one internal firewall configured to allow and deny access to portions of said at least one microchip both to said at least one user of said at least one server computer and to any other users from said at least one network of computers, and said firewall is a hardware firewall.

64. The system of claim 63, wherein:

said at least one internal firewall is further configured to deny access to said at least one control unit by said at least one other computer during said at least one shared use involving said at least one server computer and said at least one other computer of said at least one network of computers; and

said at least one internal firewall is further configured to allow access to at least one of said at least two processing units of said at least one server computer by said at least one other computer of said at least one network of computers during said at least one shared use.

65. The system of claim 64, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to deny access to said at least one control unit by said at least one network of computers during said at least one shared use involving said at least one server computer and said at least one network of computers.

66. The system of claim 65, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to allow access to said at least one of said at least two processing units by said at least one network of computers during said at least one shared use.

67. The system of claim 66, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to deny access to said at least one of said at least two processing units by said at least one user of said at least one server computer during said at least one shared use.

68. The system of claim 66, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to protect network use from unauthorized surveillance of said at least one of said at least two processing units of said at least one server computer by said at least one user of said at least one server computer during said at least one shared use.

69. The system of claim 66, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to protect network use from intervention in said at least one of said at least two processing units of said at least one server computer by said at least one user of said at least one server computer during said at least one shared use.

70. The system of claim 60, wherein said at least one firewall includes hardware or software or firmware or any combination thereof.

71. The system of claim 60, wherein said at least one server computer is configured so that said at least one user of said at least one server computer retains preemptive control of all components of said at least one server computer, thereby preempting any server users from said at least one network of computers.

72. The system of claim 60, wherein said at least one internal firewall is configured to permanently deny access to portions of said at least one microchip from said at least one network of computers.

73. The system of claim 60, wherein said at least one shared use includes at least one unauthorized shared use, including intrusion by hackers from outside said at least one personal computer.