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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1999
Shinji Akatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Fernando Masami Matsubara, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shin Miura, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Information Technology Center America, Inc. (ITA), Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for formatting and routing data between an external network and an internal IEEE 1394 network is provided. The method comprises receiving a data packet at a gateway device, separating data information from the data packet, reformatting the separated data information from a first digital format into a second digital format, selecting a transmission mode for communicating the data information in the second digital format to a particular node residing on the internal network, preparing a portion of the data information in the second digital format for transmission in the selected transmission mode, and transmitting the portion of the data information in the second digital format to the particular node via the selected transmission mode.