Patent ID: 6496487
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for transferring message data between stations of a communications network, said communications network having a plurality of interconnected stations with each of said stations having a microprocessor and an associated peripheral device, said method comprising the steps of:activating said associated peripheral device by sending a chip select signal from said station's microprocessor to said associated peripheral device; initiating transfer of multiple blocks of transmission data from one of said stations onto said network only by sending a control signal from said station's microprocessor to said associated peripheral device; sending a status signal from said associated peripheral device to said station's microprocessor; and transferring said multiple blocks of transmission data from said station's microprocessor to said associated peripheral device in a single serial transfer during a single cycle of said chip select signal for output onto said network while transferring multiple blocks of received data stored in said associated peripheral device in a single serial transfer during said single cycle of said chip select signal for input to said microprocessor.