Patent ID: 6892247

Claim:
A communication method for use with a decentralized bus system to which a plurality of communication participants are connected, including a first master, which is assigned to a first master system, and a second master and a slave, which are assigned to a second master system, the second master system being associated with at least one application and being provided with a filter table containing data entries, said method comprising: forming a message having a header and message data, including providing data entries in the header which correspond to data entries in the filter table; transmitting the message from the first master over the bus system; detecting the message in the second master system; evaluating at least some of the header data, in the second master system, including comparing the header data entries with the data entries of the filter table; and making the message data available to the application, when the header data entries match the data entries of the filter table, wherein the application is associated with the slave and the filter table is provided for the slave, and wherein said detecting, evaluating, and making steps are performed by the slave.