Patent ID: 8417981
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G04R,G06F,H04J

Abstract:
1. A method for converting from a first time format to a second time format at a local unit connected to a network utilizing a processor in the local unit, said second time format different from the first format, said method comprising: utilizing a first counter at the local unit to count time in the first time format; receiving at a processor interface a latch time request signal from the processor; in response to the latch time request signal, sending a set time signal representing current time in the first time format to the processor representing time of receipt of the latch time request signal in the first time format, and, substantially simultaneously commencing an adjustment time counter in a second counter at the local unit to count adjustment time in the second time format; receiving a set time converted signal from the processor representing the current time converted into the second time format; in response to receiving the set time converted signal, summing the set time converted in the second time format as represented by the set time converted signal received from the processor to the adjustment time counted in the adjustment time counter in the second counter; and initializing a time base in the second counter in the second time format based on the sum of the set time converted in the second time format and the adjustment time counted in the adjustment counter in the second counter in the second time format.