Patent ID: 6160873
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
An apparatus for remotely operating a general-purpose computer, comprising:a) a telephone line interface for receiving a plurality of remotely generated DTMF tones;b) a data access arrangement (DAA) device coupled to said telephone line interface for detecting and routing the received DTMF tones;c) a DTMF tone transceiver coupled to said DAA device for receiving and converting the received DTMF tones to corresponding digital signals;d) a CPU coupled to said DTMF tone transceiver for receiving and converting the digital signals to keyboard data signals; ande) a switch coupled to said CPU for routing the keyboard data signals to the local keyboard controller to operate the general purpose computer, whereby the keyboard data signals are substituted for the general purpose computer's keyboard controller's signals.