US 11,861,398 B2
Controlling devices
Arto Kristian Suvitie, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed by NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/562,413.
Application 17/562,413 is a continuation of application No. 16/787,485, filed on Feb. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,210,137.
Claims priority of application No. 19156671 (EP), filed on Feb. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0121489 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 9/4881 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); G06F 9/3887 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 9/544 (2013.01); G06F 9/546 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of communicating instruction data items from a control apparatus, comprising:
receiving a message from a device,
determining a type of message, comprising a request or an acknowledgment, received from the device,
determining, depending on the type of message, whether the device has items left taking into account a time for processing of sent data item(s) in the device, and
sending, responsive to the type of message comprising the request, a response message to the request, the sending comprising selectively including at least one instruction data item in the response message based at least partly on the determinations of:
the type of message received from the device, and
the time for the processing of the sent data item(s) in the device.