Patent ID: 7650430

Claim:
Method of transmitting data associated with transmitted information over a communication network, wherein the data are divided into data groups, an information item representative of the importance of the data of the data group being associated with each data group, the method comprising forming a transmission cycle by inserting data groups into the transmission cycle by a processor, in an order which depends on their importance compared to the other data groups, at least one of the data groups being repeated at least one time during the transmission cycle, the number of repetitions of a particular data group during the transmission cycle depending on the respective importance of the data of the group, the number of occurrences of at least some of the different data groups during the transmission cycle being different according to said importance, the insertion comprising: ordering the data groups as a function of their importance, associating a counter with each data group, the value in each counter being representative of the minimum number of insertions of other data groups before an insertion of the data group with which each counter is associated in the transmission cycle, determining the data group to be inserted as a function of the order of the data groups, the value of the associated counters and the number of times that at least one data group has been inserted into the transmission cycle, and transmitting said transmission cycle; the information being transmitted on a transmission channel of the communication network and the data being transmitted on a predetermined channel of the communication network which is different from the channel on which the information is transmitted.