Patent ID: 6763465
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of ensuring that a personal computer is not used to make surreptitious telephone calls to another computer or a telephone, comprising:(a) storing a dialer program in a protected storage area on said personal computer, the dialer program being capable of using a modem to access a telephone line to connect the personal computer to another computer or a telephone, (b) providing a program storage table; (c) creating an entry for said dialer program in said program storage table; (d) providing a program function table; (e) creating an entry comprising a dialing function for said dialer program in said program function table wherein said personal computer may only use said dialer program to dial; and (f) disabling other dialer programs installed on said personal computer outside of said protected storage area having no entries in said program storage table and said program function table.