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US 10,433,247 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus, communication system, information processing method and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYusuke Tanaka, Yuichi Morioka
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a control section, and can temporarily pause at least some of its own functions. When the control section provided in the information processing apparatus is to temporarily pause at least some of its own functions, the control section performs control for setting a function temporary pause period within which at least some of functions of a different apparatus are to be temporarily paused. Further, the control section provided in the information processing apparatus performs control for notifying the different apparatus of the set function temporary pause period. Power consumption of the information processing apparatus can be reduced.
Claims10
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to
- determine whether compatibility information regarding presence or absence of a specific function is acquired from a different apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus, the specific function being a compatibility function of understanding a frame for notifying the different apparatus of a function temporary pause period;
- in response to determining the compatibility information regarding presence or absence of the specific function is not acquired from the different apparatus, perform control for requesting the different apparatus for the compatibility information regarding presence or absence of the specific function;
- and
- perform control for setting, when at least a part of functions for wireless communication of the information processing apparatus is to be temporarily paused, the function temporary pause period within which at least a part of functions for wireless communication of the different apparatus is to be temporarily paused and perform control for transmitting the frame for notifying the different apparatus of the function temporary pause period, in a case where the different apparatus is determined to have the specific function of understanding the frame based on the compatibility information regarding presence or absence of the specific function.
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An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to
- perform control for receiving, from a different apparatus, a request for compatibility information regarding presence or absence of a specific function, the specific function being a function of understanding a frame for notifying the information processing apparatus of a function temporary pause period, the different apparatus transmitting the request to the information processing apparatus in response to determining the compatibility information regarding presence or absence of the specific function is not acquired from the information processing apparatus;
- perform control for transmitting the compatibility information regarding presence or absence of the specific function to the different apparatus in response to receiving the request, the information indicating presence of the specific function in the information processing apparatus;
- perform control for receiving, from the different apparatus, the frame for notifying the information processing apparatus of the function temporary pause period, the different apparatus transmitting the frame in response to determining the information processing apparatus has the specific function based on the compatibility information regarding presence or absence of the specific function;
- perform control for setting, based on the function temporary pause period notified t the frame, when at least a part of functions for wireless communication of the different apparatus is to be temporarily paused, from the different apparatus, a period within which at least a part of functions for wireless communication of the information processing apparatus is to be temporarily paused and notifying the different apparatus of an adjustment request for the function temporary pause period.
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An information processing method by an information processing apparatus, comprising:
- determining, using processing circuitry of the information processing apparatus, whether compatibility information regarding presence or absence of a specific function is acquired from a different apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus, the specific function being a function of understanding a frame for notifying the different apparatus of a function temporary pause period;
- in response to determining the compatibility information regarding presence or absence of the specific function is not acquired from the different apparatus, performing control for requesting the different apparatus for the compatibility information regarding presence or absence of the specific function;
- and
- performing control for setting, when at least a part of functions for wireless communication of the information processing apparatus is to be temporarily paused, the function temporary pause period within which at least a part of functions for wireless communication of the different apparatus is to be temporarily paused and performing control for transmitting the frame for notifying the different apparatus of the function temporary pause period, in a case where the different apparatus is determined to have the specific function of understanding the frame based on the compatibility information regarding presence or absence of the specific function.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.