Patent ID: 7231467

Claim:
A method for a master device to communicate with a slave device connected to said master device via an inter-integrated circuit bus (I2C bus); said method comprising the steps of: generating an array of addressing parameters comprising an address of said slave device followed by a command code comprising at least one indicator bit indicating the format of an internal address portion of the array, and at least a portion of said internal address followed by at least one array entry corresponding to said internal address; wherein said at least one indicator bit is in either a first state or a second state; when said at least one indicator bit is in said first state, utilizing some of the command code as part of said internal address, and utilizing an additional portion of said array as the remainder of said internal address; and when said at least one indicator bit is in said second state, utilizing some of the command code as all of said internal address; and transmitting said array over said I2C bus.