Patent ID: 7350002

Claim:
A method for a first device to transmit data to a second device via a non-arbitrated digital bus comprising one or more control lines and one or more data lines, each device having a bus address and said digital bus having clock cycles, the method comprising the steps of: (1) receiving a bus seize signal originating from a device other than said first device; (2) receiving a predetermined bus address originating from said device other than said first device; (3) receiving a bus release signal originating from said device other than said first device; and (4) responsive to the receipt of said bus seize signal, said predetermined bus address and said bus release signal, seizing said digital bus; wherein said device other than said first device is not a bus arbiter, and wherein said bus release signal from said device other than said first device is received after said bus seize signal without the intervention of any other signals on said one or more control lines.