Patent ID: 7443886
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for implementing a communication protocol for facilitating transmission of a data frame having a control byte, a data packet, and a check sum byte, comprising: a master controller communicatively coupled to a slave controller, wherein communication between the master controller and the slave controller includes transmission of a control byte having a first address bit, second address bit, and third address bit for identifying an address of a slave controller; a type bit immediately following the first address bit, the second address bit, and the third address bit for identifying a data type in a data packet; a direction bit immediately following the type bit for identifying a source of a data frame; a content bit immediately following the direction bit for identifying whether said data packet comprises data; a state bit immediately following the content bit for identifying a state of the master controller; and, a run/stop bit immediately following the state bit for identifying a run/stop state of the master controller.