Patent ID: 7106793

Claim:
A method for transmitting data between at least two subscribers, comprising the steps of: causing at least a first one of the at least two subscribers to transmit a pulse-width-modulated data signal at a first specifiable transmission rate; causing at least a second one of the at least two subscribers to transmit at a second specifiable transmission rate an asynchronous data signal that includes binary signals, wherein: the first specifiable transmission rate and the second specifiable transmission rate are different from each other; and adjusting one of the first specifiable transmission rate and the second specifiable transmission rate such that the pulse-width-modulated data signal is simulated by a number of the binary signals of the asynchronous data signal, wherein: the pulse-width modulated signal includes three characteristics that represent three states, a first state corresponding to a synchronization information, a second state corresponding to a low-signal information, and a third state corresponding to a high-signal information.