Patent ID: 6944180

Claim:
A digital signal processing system including a first digital signal processing apparatus, a predetermined digital bus, and a second digital signal processing apparatus, wherein the predetermined digital bus supports real-time data transmission for transmitting audiovisual data and asynchronous data transmission for transmitting control data, and a plurality of electronic apparatuses including the first digital signal processing apparatus and the second digital signal processing apparatus are connected to the predetermined digital bus, the first digital signal processing apparatus comprising: first command generating means for generating a first command for making an inquiry to the second digital signal processing apparatus connected via the predetermined digital bus about a capability of rate control functions of the second digital signal processing apparatus; second command generating means for generating a second command for rate control of the real-time data transmission of the second digital signal processing apparatus; first command transmitting means for transmitting the first command to the second digital signal processing apparatus via the predetermined digital bus; first response receiving means for receiving a first response to the first command; the first response is transmitted from the second digital signal processing apparatus via the predetermined digital bus; second command transmitting means for transmitting the second command to the second digital signal processing apparatus via the predetermined digital bus; real-time data receiving means for receiving the real-time audiovisual data transmitted from the second digital signal processing apparatus; and the second digital signal processing apparatus comprising: first command receiving means for receiving the first command for inquiry about the capability of rate control functions of the second digital signal processing apparatus transmitted from the first digital signal processing apparatus via the predetermined digital bus; second command receiving means for receiving the second command for rate control of the real-time data transmission of the second digital signal processing apparatus transmitted from the first digital signal processing apparatus via the predetermined digital bus; first command examining means for examining, in response to the first command, the capability of rate control functions of the second digital signal processing apparatus; first response sending means for sending a result of the examination of the first command examining means to the first digital signal processing apparatus in response to the first command; second command examining means for examining, in response to the second command, the rate control of the real-time data transmission of the second digital signal processing apparatus; and real-time data transmitting means for transmitting the real-time audiovisual data at the controlled rate in response to a result of the examination of the second command examining means.