Patent ID: 8561164

Claim:
A computer comprising: a hardware master controlling device for the computer located on a microchip, one or more microprocessors; one or more hardware network communication components; and at least one internal hardware firewall located on said microchip; one said internal hardware firewall is configured to protect a hardware protected side of the computer's hardware and separate the hardware protected side of the computer's hardware from an unprotected network side that is not protected by said internal hardware firewall, said unprotected network side being configured to connect to a network of computers; at least said master controlling device is located within said hardware protected side of the computer; and one or more of said microprocessors and said one or more network communications components are located within said unprotected network side of the computer, and said unprotected network side of the computer being configured for connection to the network of computers and being located between said internal hardware firewall and a wired or wireless network connection to said network of computers, said one or more microprocessors located within said unprotected network side of the computer being separate components from said one or more network communications components, and both said microprocessors located within the unprotected network side and said one or more network communications components being separate from said internal hardware firewall.