Apparatus (100) and a method (5) are used for polling asynchronous sensors (1, 2, 3) of a computer system to optimize the data load offered by the sensors to a central processor (4). The polling apparatus and method operate in accordance with time delay status (4200, 4210, 4220) recorded in the sensor...http://www.google.de/patents/US4598363?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4598363 - Adaptive delayed polling of sensors
