Patent ID: 7653765

Claim:
An automotive information controller for an automotive communication system having at least one communication bus having an information unit with an identifier portion and a data portion corresponding to said identifier portion, said information controller comprising an identifier look-up element for sending a predetermined program selector to a signal handler upon determination that the identifier portion of a received information unit corresponds to a predetermined identifier associated with the predetermined program selector, wherein the program selector defines an operation to be performed on the data portion by the signal handler, the operation to be performed on the data portion being creation of a second information unit; or merging the data portion, or part of the data portion, with another data portion of a second information unit; or saving the data portion, or part of the data portion; said identifier look-up element further comprises a look-up table for storing a list of identifiers, said identifier look-up element searching the look-up table in order to find said predetermined identifier and said predetermined program selector corresponding to said identifier portion; and said identifier look-up element is programmable to allow the predetermined identifier and/or the associated program selector to be changed.