The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a program that are capable of preventing output of data from being interrupted on a reception side, the data being wirelessly transmitted and received by the reception side.

Control information for controlling a method of using data is generated by a reception side, the data being wirelessly transmitted and received by the reception side, and the control information is added to data to generate data-with-control-information. A method of using data is controlled on the basis of control information included in data-with-control-information for controlling the method of using data, the data-with-control-information being acquired by adding the control information to data, the data-with-control-information being wirelessly transmitted, and data whose use method is controlled is output on the basis of the control information.

The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a program that are capable of preventing output of data from being interrupted on a reception side, the data being wirelessly transmitted and received by the reception side.

Control information for controlling a method of using data is generated by a reception side, the data being wirelessly transmitted and received by the reception side, and the control information is added to data to generate data-with-control-information. A method of using data is controlled on the basis of control information included in data-with-control-information for controlling the method of using data, the data-with-control-information being acquired by adding the control information to data, the data-with-control-information being wirelessly transmitted, and data whose use method is controlled is output on the basis of the control information.

A communication unit according to the present disclosure includes: a communication circuit section that receives transmission data divided into head data and one or more subsequent data from an communicated unit over a period of a plurality of time-segments; a storage section having a storage region in which at least the transmission data received by the communication circuit section is stored; and a control section that places a limitation on an access period to cause a period of access to the storage region in a period of a time-segment in which the subsequent data is transmitted to become shorter than a period of access to the storage region in a period of a time-segment in which the head data is transmitted.

A communication unit according to the present disclosure includes: a communication circuit section that receives transmission data divided into head data and one or more subsequent data from an communicated unit over a period of a plurality of time-segments; a storage section having a storage region in which at least the transmission data received by the communication circuit section is stored; and a control section that places a limitation on an access period to cause a period of access to the storage region in a period of a time-segment in which the subsequent data is transmitted to become shorter than a period of access to the storage region in a period of a time-segment in which the head data is transmitted.

A communication apparatus includes an accumulation means 501 that temporarily accumulates communication data in a previous stage of transmission to the MAC layer, an estimation means 502 that estimates an amount of transmittable data, which is an amount of data that can be transmitted in the MAC layer in a predetermined period, by using a radio wave index that is an index related to a radio wave in the frequency and/or a communication index that is an index related to wireless communication using the frequency, the indices being measured by an own apparatus or a wireless device including a MAC layer used by the own apparatus, and a control means 503 that controls, on the basis of an estimation result of the amount of transmittable data, a data flow of when the communication data accumulated in the accumulation means 501 is transmitted to a lower layer.

Control information for controlling a method of using data is generated by a reception side, the data being wirelessly transmitted and received by the reception side, and the control information is added to data to generate data-with-control-information. A method of using data is controlled on the basis of control information included in data-with-control-information for controlling the method of using data, the data-with-control-information being acquired by adding the control information to data, the data-with-control-information being wirelessly transmitted, and data whose use method is controlled is output on the basis of the control information.

Control information for controlling a method of using data is generated by a reception side, the data being wirelessly transmitted and received by the reception side, and the control information is added to data to generate data-with-control-information. A method of using data is controlled on the basis of control information included in data-with-control-information for controlling the method of using data, the data-with-control-information being acquired by adding the control information to data, the data-with-control-information being wirelessly transmitted, and data whose use method is controlled is output on the basis of the control information.

The present technology relates to a transmission unit, a transmission method, a reception unit, a reception method, and a program that make it possible to easily switch delay time.

The transmission unit transmits, by wireless communication, data control information for controlling a usage of data in the reception unit receiving data transmitted by wireless communication, delay control information indicating a delay mode regarding delay time when the data is processed in the reception unit, and data. The reception unit receives the data transmitted by the wireless communication, the data control information, and the delay control information, controls the usage of the data in accordance with the data control information and the delay control information, and outputs data with the usage being controlled. The technology is applicable to, for example, a wireless communication system, etc. where transmission and reception of acoustics are performed by wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).

The present technology relates to a transmission unit, a transmission method, a reception unit, a reception method, and a program that make it possible to easily switch delay time.

The transmission unit transmits, by wireless communication, data control information for controlling a usage of data in the reception unit receiving data transmitted by wireless communication, delay control information indicating a delay mode regarding delay time when the data is processed in the reception unit, and data. The reception unit receives the data transmitted by the wireless communication, the data control information, and the delay control information, controls the usage of the data in accordance with the data control information and the delay control information, and outputs data with the usage being controlled. The technology is applicable to, for example, a wireless communication system, etc. where transmission and reception of acoustics are performed by wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).

A computer-implemented method for secure data storage is described. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving data at a receiver. The method may further include integrating a storage device with the receiver, and storing the received data on the integrated storage device. The method may further include communicating the received data from the integrated storage device to be stored on a remote distributed storage network.