Patent ID: 8499070
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An electronic device comprising: a communication component connecting the electronic device to a network and for enabling communication of the electronic device within the network; a listening unit connected to the communication component for monitoring messages transmitted over the network and message traffic according to a consumer electronics control (CEC) standard; a processing unit to determine a type of the monitored message; and an output means for outputting at least a part of the monitored messages depending on the determined type, wherein the communication component is a consumer electronics control (CEC) bus that enables communication via the consumer electronics control (CEC) standard, the processing unit detects an unacknowledged polling message and determines whether the unacknowledged polling message is the first unacknowledged polling message in a row, and the output means does not output the unacknowledged polling message when the unacknowledged polling message is not the first unacknowledged polling message in a row.