Patent ID: 7555584
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for communication between two devices, comprising: providing multiple logical channels including a broadcast channel on a physical interconnect between the devices, the physical interconnect having a standard definition of the logical channels, wherein any broadcast on the broadcast channel is defined in the standard definition to be identified by transmitting a broadcast channel number and a broadcast message identifier on the physical interconnect to transmit to multiple devices on the physical interconnect; transmitting a data message on the broadcast channel with the broadcast channel number and a device-specific identifier to indicate a specific device; providing a non-broadcast channel on the physical interconnect between the devices, the non-broadcast channel defined in the standard definition to be identified by a channel number and a device-specific identifier to transmit to a specific device identified by the device-specific identifier; and transmitting a broadcast message on the non-broadcast channel with a broadcast identifier to indicate multiple devices.