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US 2020/0348950 A1Published application
Data processing apparatuses and methods
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsNigel Stuart MOORE, Alexei KARPOV
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Abstract
A data processing apparatus comprising processor circuitry, the processor circuitry being configured: to determine whether a decision associated with a process executable by the processor circuitry is to be made; in response to determining that the decision is to be made, to determine one of a plurality of predetermined actions to be executed based on a previously indicated action executable in response to the decision to be made at the data processing apparatus or at one or more other data processing apparatuses connected to the data processing apparatus; and to execute the determined predetermined action.
Claims17
A data processing apparatus comprising processor circuitry, the processor circuitry being configured:
- to determine whether a decision associated with a process executable by the processor circuitry is to be made;
- in response to determining that the decision is to be made, to determine one of a plurality of predetermined actions to be executed based on a previously indicated action executable in response to the decision to be made at the data processing apparatus or at one or more other data processing apparatuses connected to the data processing apparatus;
- and
- to execute the determined predetermined action;
- wherein the plurality of predetermined actions comprises one or more of:
- a first action of selecting a first one of a plurality of predetermined selectable options in order to make the decision to be made;
- a second action of indicating that the first one of the plurality of selectable options is recommended for selection in order to make the decision to be made;
- a third action of indicating that a second one of the plurality of selectable options is recommended for selection in order to make the decision to be made;
- and
- a fourth action of selecting the second one of the plurality of predetermined selectable options in order to make the decision to be made;
- and wherein:
- the one of the plurality of predetermined actions is determined based on a predetermined parameter which is variable based on the previously indicated action executable in response to the decision to be made at the data processing apparatus or at one or more other data processing apparatuses connected to the data processing apparatus;
- the plurality of predetermined actions comprises the second action and the third action;
- and
- in response to determining that the decision is to be made, the processor circuitry is configured to determine and to execute the second action when a value of the predetermined parameter is less than a first predetermined threshold and to determine and to execute the third action when the value of the predetermined parameter is greater than the first predetermined threshold.
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A first data processing apparatus comprising processor circuitry and communication circuitry, wherein:
- the communication circuitry is configured to receive, from one or more second data processing apparatuses, information indicative of an action executable in response to a decision to be made, the decision being associated with a process executable at a third data processing apparatus;
- the processor circuitry is configured to determine, based on the received information from each of the one or more second data processing apparatuses, a value of a predetermined parameter;
- and
- the communication circuitry is configured to transmit information indicative of the value of the predetermined parameter to the third data processing apparatus for use by the third data processing apparatus in determining one of a plurality of predetermined actions to be executed in response to it being determined by the third data processing apparatus that the decision associated with the process executable by the third data processing apparatus is to be made;
- wherein the plurality of predetermined actions comprises one or more of:
- a first action of indicating that the first one of the plurality of selectable options is recommended for selection in order to make the decision to be made;
- and
- a second action of indicating that a second one of the plurality of selectable options is recommended for selection in order to make the decision to be made;
- and wherein
- the third data processing apparatus is configured to determine and to execute the first action when a value of the predetermined parameter is less than a first predetermined threshold and to determine and to execute the second action when the value of the predetermined parameter is greater than the first predetermined threshold.
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A method of operating a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- determining whether a decision associated with a process executable by the data processing apparatus is to be made;
- in response to determining that the decision is to be made, determining one of a plurality of predetermined actions to be executed based on a previously indicated action executable in response to the decision to be made at the data processing apparatus or at one or more other data processing apparatuses connected to the data processing apparatus;
- and
- executing the determined predetermined action;
- wherein the plurality of predetermined actions comprises one or more of:
- a first action of selecting a first one of a plurality of predetermined selectable options in order to make the decision to be made;
- a second action of indicating that the first one of the plurality of selectable options is recommended for selection in order to make the decision to be made;
- a third action of indicating that a second one of the plurality of selectable options is recommended for selection in order to make the decision to be made;
- and
- a fourth action of selecting the second one of the plurality of predetermined selectable options in order to make the decision to be made;
- and wherein:
- the one of the plurality of predetermined actions is determined based on a predetermined parameter which is variable based on the previously indicated action executable in response to the decision to be made at the data processing apparatus or at one or more other data processing apparatuses connected to the data processing apparatus;
- the plurality of predetermined actions comprises the second action and the third action;
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- the method comprises, in response to determining that the decision is to be made, determining and to executing the second action when a value of the predetermined parameter is less than a first predetermined threshold and determining and executing the third action when the value of the predetermined parameter is greater than the first predetermined threshold.
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A method of operating a first data processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling communication circuitry of the first data processing apparatus to receive, from one or more second data processing apparatuses, information indicative of an action executable in response to a decision to be made, the decision being associated with a process executable at a third data processing apparatus;
- determining, based on the received information from each of the one or more second data processing apparatuses, a value of a predetermined parameter;
- and
- controlling the communication circuitry to transmit information indicative of the value of the predetermined parameter to the third data processing apparatus for use by the third data processing apparatus in determining one of a plurality of predetermined actions to be executed in response to it being determined by the third data processing apparatus that the decision associated with the process executable by the third data processing apparatus is to be made
- wherein the plurality of predetermined actions comprises one or more of:
- a first action of indicating that the first one of the plurality of selectable options is recommended for selection in order to make the decision to be made;
- and
- a second action of indicating that a second one of the plurality of selectable options is recommended for selection in order to make the decision to be made;
- and wherein
- the third data processing apparatus is configured to determine and to execute the first action when a value of the predetermined parameter is less than a first predetermined threshold and to determine and to execute the second action when the value of the predetermined parameter is greater than the first predetermined threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.