Patent ID: 6888934
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. An intercom system providing communication between points on a vehicle, the intercom system comprising: a bus for carrying data packets, the data packets including a priority indicator, a function identifier, a source identifier and a standard length data segment; a plurality of processor controlled modules in communication with the bus, each of the processor controlled modules having a unique source identifier and each processor controlled module being connected to the bus for receiving and interpreting data packets carried on the bus and for formatting and transmitting data packets over the bus; first and second intercom interfaces positioned at mutually remote locations on the vehicle, the first and second intercom modules being further connected to first and second processor controlled modules; and the first and second processor controlled modules further including signal processors for bundling signals sourced by the intercom interfaces into data packets and transmitting the data packets over the bus, and for recovering data packets having a function indication of an audio signal.