Patent ID: 7779186

Claim:
A method for operating a master-slave card system composed of a master card and a plurality of slave cards connected in series, the method comprising: the master card sending a command to the slave cards, the command comprising an initial packet, a plurality of data packets and a CRC check packet, the initial packet comprising station number information to designate a salve card; the designated slave card designated by the command replying the master card with a response message, wherein the response message comprises an initial packet, a CRC check packet and a plurality of data packets; the master card sending another command to a next slave card when the master card judges that the initial packet of the designated slave card is correct; the master card keeping receiving packet from the designated slave card when the initial packet of the designated slave card is not correct; the master card sending another command to the next slave card when the master card judges that the initial packet of the designated slave card is correct; and the master card sending another command to the next slave card if the master card judges that the initial packet of the designated slave card is not correct and if a received signal from the designated slave card is already stopped for a predetermined silence time.