Patent ID: 8341320
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting data between devices interconnected via a bus, comprising: transmitting, in units, data from a first device to at least one second device together with information concerning at least one of a transmission and a use of the data; forming the units at least partly with at least one region defining a given time slot within which at least one second device outputs onto the bus specific information and/or data; and defining, in the at least one second device configured to output information and/or data, acknowledging whether or not the data from a first device have been received by the at least one second device 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 time slot the data are to be output.