Patent ID: 8549198
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating between a plurality of devices comprising acts of: receiving, by a master device through at least one serial communication link coupling the master device to a plurality of slave devices, a first message from a first slave device of the plurality of slave devices; detecting, responsive to receiving the first message, that the first slave device is not registered; communicating, responsive to detecting that the first slave device is not registered, a response to the first slave device; receiving, by a master device through the at least one serial communication link, a second message from a second slave device of the plurality of slave devices, the second message including a command; detecting, responsive to receiving the second message, that the second slave device is registered; communicating, responsive to detecting that the second slave device is registered, an unaddressed message to all registered slave devices of the plurality of slave devices, the unaddressed message including the command; and determining that all registered slave devices of the plurality of slave devices have received the unaddressed message.