Patent ID: 6810435
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A system for communications between two or more devices, said system comprising:first device application logic adapted for sending transmit serial data at a serial clock rate and receiving receive serial data at the serial clock rate; a first communications controller coupled to said first device application logic, said first communications controller encoding the transmit serial data and decoding the receive serial data on a communication circuit; second device application logic adapted for receiving the transmit serial data at the serial clock rate and transmitting the receive serial data at the serial clock rate; a second communications controller coupled to said second device application logic, said communications controller decoding the transmit serial data and encoding the receive serial data on the communication circuit; said first and second communications controllers having a first programmable non-volatile memory for storing a first identification data string representative of the capabilities of the first device; said second communications controllers having a second programmable non-volatile memory for storing a second identification data string representative of the capabilities of the second device; and wherein the first and second identification data strings are transmitted and received between the first and second devices over the communications circuit.