Patent ID: 8516033

Claim:
A personal computer configured for use by at least one individual user, said computer comprising: at least a primary internal hardware firewall configured to protect a hardware protected side of the computer's hardware from a network side that is not protected by said primary internal hardware firewall, at least one microprocessor and at least a non-volatile memory is located within said hardware protected side; one or more network side microprocessors with at least a volatile memory and at least one network communications component are located within said network side, said network side being configured for connection to the network of computers and being located between said primary internal hardware firewall and a wired or wireless network connection to said network of computers; said one or more network side microprocessors being separate components from said at least one network communications component, and both said network side microprocessors and said at least one network communication component being separate from said primary internal hardware firewall; said primary internal firewall by its internal location not restricting access by the network to the network side, thereby not restricting the network operations of the computer, which are conducted in said network side using said network side microprocessors; at least a first secondary interior hardware firewall configured to form a first separate hardware protected compartment located in said hardware protected side; and at least one hardware protected side microprocessor with at least a non-volatile memory is located in said first separate hardware protected compartment located in said hardware protected side.