Patent attributes
A data processing apparatus including communication circuitry configured to receive data indicative of a user and data indicative of an instruction associated with the user, and control circuitry configured to determine whether the received data indicative of the user and data indicative of the instruction associated with the user have been generated in the absence of an explicit command from the user using previously obtained data indicative of the user and data indicative of an instruction associated with the user, to determine whether the received data indicative of the user and data indicative of the instruction associated with the user include a predetermined characteristic, to execute processing to reject the instruction associated with the user as indicated by the received data, and to execute processing to accept the instruction associated with the user as indicated by the received data.