A method (and apparatus) for determining, in a system including an m-bit time counter, whether an event-occurrence time lies after a predetermined timeout-value, includes reading out of a time-stamp memory a stored time-stamp value, determining the time-difference between the time-stamp value and the...http://www.google.de/patents/US7307951?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7307951 - Timeout determination method and apparatus
