Patent ID: 7849360
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer 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 an external network; 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 external network access program; and the processor programmatically recognizing the intended launch or actual launch of the external network access program 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 network over the communications link.