Patent ID: 7127003
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: G06F,H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for communicating information, comprising: at least two signal lines; a transmitting unit connected to the at least two signal lines, the transmitting unit to accept information of a first type and to encode the information of the first type into a signal of a first type, the transmitting unit to accept information of a second type and to encode the information of the second type into a signal of a second type; and a receiving unit connected to the at least two signal lines, the receiving unit to receive the signal of the first type and to decode the signal of the first type into the information of the first type, the receiving unit to receive the signal of the second type and to decode the signal of the second type into the information of the second type; wherein a transmitter of the transmitting unit receives the information of the first type from at least one first input, the information of the second type from at least one second input, and a select instruction from at least one select input; wherein the select instruction instructs the transmitter to select from one of the information of the first type from the at least one first input and the information of the second type from the at least one second input, and wherein the signal of the first type comprises driving different voltages on the at least two signal lines, and the signal of the second type comprises driving approximately equal voltages on the at least two signal lines.