Patent ID: 7778325
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: sending a first command message in an optical drive controller chip from an MPEG module to a decoder module of the optical drive controller chip, the first command message causing the decoder module (a) to read data and store the read data in a memory accessible to the MPEG module, and (b) to send an acknowledgement message to the MPEG module; and sending a second command message from the MPEG module subsequent to receiving the acknowledgment message from the decoder module; if the acknowledgement message is not received within a specified time duration, automatically sending the second command message from the MPEG module to the decoder module subsequent to a specified time delay, wherein the specified time delay is based on a predetermined rate of transmitting messages to the decoder module; and accessing the data stored in the memory by the MPEG module; and decoding the data, according to an MPEG standard, by the MPEG module.