Patent ID: 7962673

Claim:
A method for accessing a data bus to transfer data into a memory, wherein the memory is in communication with the data bus, the method comprising: periodically receiving an authorization signal at a predetermined interval; and during each predetermined interval, in response to receiving the authorization signal, determining whether the data bus is available for transfer of data into the memory, if the data bus is available, (i) writing a predetermined amount of the data into the memory over the data bus, and (ii) releasing the data bus after having written the predetermined amount of the data into the memory, and if the data bus is not available, (i) waiting for the data bus to become available during the predetermined interval, and (ii) in response to the data bus becoming available during the predetermined interval, (a) writing the predetermined amount of the data into the memory, and (b) releasing the data bus after having written the predetermined amount of the data into the memory.