Patent ID: 7577756

Claim:
A method of transferring data comprising the following steps: a) transmitting, at a transmission frequency that is continuously-variable and is not selected a priori, data that includes synchronization bits and bits conveying other information; and b) receiving said transmitted data by the following steps: 1. ascertaining transmission frequency by sampling the bit width of at least some of said synchronization bits; and 2. receiving, at the ascertained transmission frequency, said bits representing other information; wherein said data comprises a packet that includes two or more words each containing synchronization bits, and wherein step b) is conducted on at least two words containing synchronization bits, and wherein said at least two words containing synchronization bits are separated by one or more words containing said bits conveying other information, and wherein said data comprises a packet that includes two or more words each containing an initial non-alternating portion followed by a series of alternating synchronization bits.