The David Operating System project was initiated in 1991 as “System90”. It started as an application environment designed for very large, mission critical Telephone Systems like 911. At the time, telephone equipment was evolving away from a stepper switching system to integrate computer controls for switching. System90 included fault-tolerant real-time critical service applications.
Almost immediately, System90 began the long adaptation to incorporate Information elements that were critical for Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN) for call management and additional routing services.
When DARPA began redefining networking from a private academic network to what became the World Wide Web, ISDN was set aside opting for the “Internet”. ISDN had a number of very positive features including mesh networking but the Internet was marketed as faster, more user friendly, and providing simpler surveillance over user traffic. Where ISDN was focused on computer to computer data, the Internet was a human marketing tool. To this date, the Internet has not deployed many application services developed for ISDN.
System90 began the adaptation from System90 to SohoNet, enabling services for Small Office, Home Office environments, integrating Voice services, email, and websites.
In 1995, Advanced Intelligent Networks Corporation was formed as a joint project between Roland Projects and NewGen Systems to create a Deep Packet Inspection algorithm for a Seiko Epson ISDN project. SohoNet had a number of Artificial Intelligence structures and “retired” designs were incorporated into the project that parsed network packet data to determine what applications were involved. This eventually became US patent 6,208,640.
After 9/11, the fabric and backbone of the Internet (and all comms) changed. Although IOT (Internet of Things) and WOT (Web Of Trust) had been academic research, with the change in encryption and potential war over the Internet, SohoNet was redesigned to include encryption, authentication and what is now called cybersecurity. This new version of the operating system was renamed “David” due to the release of the 2001 movie, “A.I. Artificial Intelligence”. The new David has the ability to rewrite its own programming, changing a live system with new algorithms. This change now included SohoStar’s CidrPress and WhereIsFido.
David has been through a huge number of modifications but the recent version (currently in test) includes Zero-Trust, multiple layers of encryption, multiple factor authentication, and a more stable base for cybercoin transactions. The entire stored operating system takes up less than 256K bytes, perfect for embedded systems, IOT, phones, and security devices.