Method and apparatus having operating mode
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorAdrian Berry
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method (300, 400), comprising communicating (310, 410), from first control means (110) to a second control means (120), a first operation request indicative of the second control means (120) performing a first operation, determining (320, 420), at the second control means, whether the first operation can be performed, communicating (330, 430), if the operation cannot be performed, from the second control means to the first control means, an indication that the first operation request cannot currently be satisfied, and continuing (320, 330), by the second control means, to attempt to perform the first operation.
Claims20
1-30. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- communicating a first operation request from a first controller to a second controller, the first operation request being indicative of the second controller performing a first operation;
- determining, at the second controller, whether the first operation can be performed;
- if the first operation cannot be performed, communicating an indication that the first operation request cannot currently be satisfied from the second controller to the first controller;
- and
- continuing, by the second controller, to attempt to perform the first operation.
An apparatus, comprising:
- communication means for receiving operation requests and transmitting responses to received operation requests;
- a controller for determining whether a received operation request can be satisfied;
- wherein the controller is configured to cause the communication means to transmit an indication of the operation request currently not being satisfied if the received operation request cannot be satisfied, and to continue to attempt to satisfy the operation request.
A system, comprising:
- a first controller;
- and
- a second controller;
- wherein the first controller is configured to communicate to the second controller an operation request indicative of a first operation to be performed by the second controller;
- and
- the second controller is configured to determine if the operation request can currently be satisfied and, if not, to communicate to the first controller an indication that the operation request cannot currently be satisfied, wherein the second controller is configured to continue to attempt to perform the operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.