Patent ID: 7818451
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A communications device comprising: a receiver operable to receive communications signals; a plurality of processing modules, including at least one processing module that processes a signal of a specific data format received by said receiver and generates data corresponding to a received signal in a format for use by the communications device; and a router that receives data from and routes data between said plurality of processing modules, wherein the router is responsive to receipt of data from a processing module to: determine whether data received from a processing module includes an item of command data associated with an intended destination for the received data; and if it is determined that data received from a processing module includes the item of command data associated with the intended destination for the received data, to route the received data to a selected processing module of the plurality of processing modules selected on the basis of the destination associated with the item of command data included in said received data; and if it is determined that data received from a processing module does not include the item of command data associated with the intended destination for the received data, to route the received data to a selected processing module of the plurality of processing modules other than the processing module from which the received data was received, selected on the basis of the identity of the processing module from which the received data was received.