Patent ID: 7346719

Claim:
A system for monitoring an event of interest via a network bus, wherein said system comprises: a bus controller in electrical communication with the network bus for controlling communications on the network bus; at least one first network device in electrical communication with the network bus for indicating that the event of interest has occurred, wherein said bus controller transmits an event command via the network bus commanding said first network device to indicate when the event of interest has occurred, and wherein said first network device, upon determining that the event has occurred, transmits an indication on the network bus, at least one second network device for performing an associated action based on when the event of interest occurred, wherein said bus controller transmits a trigger on event command via the network bus commanding said first network device to indicate on the network bus when the event of interest has occurred, and wherein the trigger on event command further commands said second network device to perform the associated action when said first network device indicates on the network bus that the event of interest has occurred.