A time division multiplex communication system applicable to an automotive vehicle and a method for communicating data between a master station and a plurality of slave stations are disclosed in which a master station is provided for sequentially accessing a plurality of slave stations according to a...http://www.google.de/patents/US5329525?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5329525 - System and method applicable to automotive vehicles utilizing time division multiplex mode for communicating data between master and slave stations