Patent ID: 8819257

Claim:
A method for performing communication on a bus structured network between a first device and a plurality of second devices, said first device and the plurality of second devices being separate stations in said network where there is a single bus configured to connect said first device and said plurality of second devices, the method comprising: issuing real-time data communication from said first device to at least two of said plurality of second devices by means of an isochronous data communication through an isochronous data pipe; embedding a first control command for said at least two of said plurality of second devices in an isochronous data packet of said isochronous data communication, wherein the isochronous data packet comprises a common isochronous header, wherein said first control command to said at least two of said plurality of second devices is located in the common isochronous header and is controlling a volume setting or a brightness setting in said at least two second devices, and wherein said plurality of second devices evaluate said header in order to determine if it includes a command which is to be performed by said second device.