Patent ID: 8219730
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting data between devices interconnected via a bus, which comprises: transmitting, in units, data and information, concerning at least one of a transmission of the data and a use of the data, from a first device to one or more second devices to which the data does not concern, and one or more third devices to which the data does concern; forming the units at least partly with at least one region defining a given time slot within which the second and third devices output onto the bus specific information and/or data; and defining, in the second and third devices configured to output data acknowledging whether or not the data and information have been received by the second and third devices in a fault-free condition within the given time slot, settings selected from the group consisting of a setting to determine under which conditions information and/or data are to be output within the given time slot, a setting to determine which information and/or data are to be output within the given time slot, and a setting to determine at which points in time within the given time slot the information and/or data are to be output.