Computers and microchips with a side protected by an internal hardware firewall and an unprotected side connected to a network

• US 8,732,230 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Frampton Erroll Iii Ellis
• Original Assignee: Frampton Erroll Iii Ellis
• Inventors: Ellis, Frampton Erroll III
• Primary Examiner(s): STRANGE, AARON N
• Application Number:
  US13/240,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20120054849A1
• Time in Patent Office: 971 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/220, 709/250, 726/11, 726/2, 726/3
• 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 computer or microchip comprising an internal hardware firewall configured to separate a protected side from an unprotected side of the hardware of the computer or microchip, the unprotected side being configured to connect to a network of computers; the protected side of the computer or microchip being protected by the internal hardware firewall and including at least one microprocessor or processing unit; the unprotected side of the computer or microchip being located outside of the internal hardware firewall and including one or more additional microprocessors or processing units and hardware network communications components; and the one or more unprotected microprocessors or processing units being separate from the internal hardware firewall. The unprotected side can include two or more unprotected microprocessors or processing units that are configured for parallel and/or multitasking processing.

Claims

1. A personal computer, comprising:

an internal hardware firewall configured to separate a protected side of the computer'"'"'s hardware from a network side of the computer'"'"'s hardware that is not protected by said internal hardware firewall, said network side being configured to connect to a network of computers including the Internet in order to be accessible to the network of computers;

said protected side of the computer being protected by said internal hardware firewall such that said protected side is kept accessible to only a personal user of said computer;

said protected side of the computer including at least one microprocessor;

said network side of the computer being located between said internal hardware firewall and said network of computers; and

said network side including hardware network communications components and one or more or two or four or eight or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 additional microprocessors; and

said one or more microprocessors included in the network side of the computer being separate from said internal hardware firewall and said hardware network communications components.

2. The computer of claim 1, wherein said internal hardware firewall is configured by its location to permit access by another computer in the network to at least one of said microprocessors included in the network side of the computer.

3. The computer of claim 2, wherein said one or more microprocessors included in said network side of the computer are separate from network servers.

4. The computer of claim 1, wherein said at least one microprocessor in the protected side includes a master controlling device for the computer.

5. The computer of claim 4, wherein the network side of the computer includes at least two or four or eight or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 microprocessors.

6. The computer of claim 1, wherein said one or more microprocessors included in said network side of said computer are not firewall components.

7. The computer of claim 1, wherein said at least one internal hardware firewall is configured by its location to permit unrestricted access by said network of computers to said one or more microprocessors included in said network side of said computer, and wherein said computer is configured to at least perform Internet browsing with the network of computers, and said Internet browsing is executed at least by at least one said microprocessor included in said network side of the computer.

8. The computer of claim 7, wherein said network browsing functions are selected from the group consisting of World Wide Web or Internet searching, email and conferencing.

9. The computer of claim 1, further comprising a microchip with active configuration of one or more integrated circuits of said microchip.

10. A computer including a microchip, comprising:

hardware network communications components;

said microchip including

a microprocessor, the microprocessor including two or more processing units;

an internal hardware firewall configured to separate a protected side of the microchip'"'"'s hardware from a network side of the microchip'"'"'s hardware that is not protected by said internal hardware firewall, said network side being configured to connect to a network of computers;

said protected side of the microchip being protected by said internal hardware firewall and including at least one of the processing units of the microprocessor; and

said network side of the microchip being located between said internal hardware firewall and the network of computers; and

said network side including one or more or two or four or eight or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 of the processing units of the microprocessor; and

said one or more processing units being separate from said internal hardware firewall and said hardware network communications components.

11. The computer including a microchip of claim 10, wherein said internal hardware firewall is also configured to deny access to said protected side of the microchip by the network;

and

said internal hardware firewall is configured by its location to permit access by other computer in the network to at least one of said processing units included in the network side of the microchip.

12. The computer including a microchip of claim 10, wherein said at least one processing unit included in said protected side of the microchip includes a aster control unit.

13. The computer including a microchip of claim 10, wherein the network side of the microchip includes at least two or four or eight or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 processing units.

14. The computer including a microchip of claim 10, wherein said one or more processing units of the microchip included in the network side of the microchip that is not protected by said internal hardware firewall are not firewall components.

15. The computer including a microchip of claim 10, wherein said at least one internal hardware firewall is configured by its location to permit unrestricted access by said network of computers to said at least one processing unit included in said network side of said microchip, and wherein said microchip is configured to at least perform Internet browsing with the network of computers, and said Internet browsing is executed at least by at least one said processing unit included in said network side of the microchip.

16. The computer including a microchip of claim 15, wherein said network browsing functions are selected from the group consisting of World Wide Web or Internet searching, email and conferencing.

17. The computer including a microchip of claim 10, further comprising active configuration of one or more integrated circuits of said microchip.

18. The computer including a microchip of claim 10, wherein said computer is a personal computer and said internal hardware firewall is configured such that said protected side is kept accessible to only a personal user of said computer.

19. A personal computer, comprising:

an internal hardware firewall that is configured to separate a protected side of the computer'"'"'s hardware from a network side of the computer'"'"'s hardware, said network side being configured to connect to a network of computers including the Internet in order to be accessible to the network of computers;

said protected side of the computer being protected by said internal hardware firewall such that said protected side is kept accessible to only a personal user of said computer;

said protected side of the computer including at least a master controlling device;

said network side of the computer being located between said internal hardware firewall and said network of computers; and

said network side including one or more or two or four or eight or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 microprocessors and hardware network communications components; and

said one or more microprocessors being separate from said internal hardware firewall and said hardware network communications components.

20. The computer of claim 19, wherein the network side of the computer includes at least two or four or eight or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 microprocessors.

21. The computer of claim 19, wherein said at least one microprocessor included in the network side of the computer that is not protected by said internal hardware firewall is not a firewall component.

22. The computer of claim 19, wherein said at least one internal hardware firewall is configured by its location to permit unrestricted access by said network of computers to said at least one microprocessor included in said network side of said computer, and wherein said computer is configured to at least perform Internet browsing with the network of computers, and said Internet browsing is executed at least by at least one said microprocessor included in said network side of the computer.

23. The computer of claim 22, wherein said network browsing functions are selected from the group consisting of World Wide Web or Internet searching, email and conferencing.

24. The computer of claim 19, further comprising a microchip with active configuration of one or more integrated circuits of said microchip.

25. The computer of claim 19, wherein said one or more microprocessors included in said network side of the computer are separate from network servers.

26. A personal computer, comprising:

an internal hardware firewall configured to separate a protected side of the computer'"'"'s hardware from a network side of the computer'"'"'s hardware, said network side being configured to connect to a network of computers including the Internet in order to be accessible to the network of computers,

said protected side of the computer being protected by said internal hardware firewall such that said protected side is kept accessible to only a personal user of said computer;

said protected side of the computer including at least one microprocessor;

said network side of the computer being located between said internal hardware firewall and the network of computers and including two or more or four or eight or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 additional microprocessors;

said two or more microprocessors included in said network side of the computer being separate from said internal hardware firewall; and

said two or more microprocessors included in said network side of the computer being configured for parallel and/or multitasking processing; and

further comprising a microchip with active configuration of one or more integrated circuits of said microchip.

27. The computer of claim 26, further comprising one or more hardware network communications components.

28. The computer of claim 26, further comprising two or more hardware network communications components.

29. A computer including a microchip, said microchip comprising:

a microprocessor, the microprocessor including three or more processing units;

an internal hardware firewall configured to separate a protected side of the microchip'"'"'s hardware from a network side of the microchip'"'"'s hardware, said network side being configured to connect to a network of computers;

said protected side of the microchip being protected by said internal hardware firewall and including at least one of the processing units of the microprocessor; and

said network side of the microchip being located between said internal hardware firewall and said network of computers, and said network side including at least two or more or four or eight or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 of the processing units of the microprocessor;

said two or more processing units included in said network side of the microchip being separate from said internal hardware firewall; and

said two or more processing units included in the network side of the microchip being configured for parallel and/or multitasking processing; and

further comprising active configuration of one or more integrated circuits of said microchip.

30. The computer including a microchip of claim 29, wherein said computer comprises one or more hardware network communications components.

31. The computer including a microchip of claim 29, wherein said computer is a personal computer and said internal hardware firewall is configured such that said protected side is kept accessible to only a personal user of said computer.

32. A personal computer, comprising:

an internal hardware firewall that is configured to separate a protected side of the computer'"'"'s hardware from a network side of the computer'"'"'s hardware, said network side being configured to connect to a network of computers including the Internet in order to be accessible to the network of computers,

said protected side of the computer being protected by said internal hardware firewall such that said protected side is kept accessible to only a personal user of said computer;

said protected side of the computer including at least a master controlling device;

said network side of the computer being located between said internal hardware firewall and said network of computers, and said network side including two or more or four or eight or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 microprocessors;

said two or more microprocessors included in said network side of the computer being separate from said internal hardware firewall; and

said two or more microprocessors included in said network side of the computer being configured for parallel and/or multitasking processing; and

further comprising active configuration of one or more integrated circuits of said microchip.

33. The computer of claim 32, further comprising two or more hardware network communications components.