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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Brian Gonsalves, Antioch, CA (US);
Kenneth Roger Jones, Cool, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Gonsalves, Antioch, CA (US);
Kenneth Roger Jones, Cool, CA (US);
Assignee:
SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/58 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/68 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01); H04K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for detecting an idle or inactive data port connection on a personal computer (PC) and blocking external access, e.g., Wide Area Network (WAN) access to an end-user PC is presented. The system provides for added security for unattended PCs having broadband connections. The idle time period for detection/blocking logic initiation of a blocking signal to disable communications, e.g., Ethernet port access to the PC, may be for a fixed time period or may be determined by a user of the end-user PC.