Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Alan Ladd Painter

Marc Richard Pamley

Omar Ali Ali

Bryan Lloyd Young

Russell Speight VanBlon

Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki

Axel Ramirez Flores

Rodrigo Samper

George O Diatzikis

Scott Wentao Li

Scott Edwards Kelso

Albert Vincent Makley

Timothy Samuel Farrow

Kenneth Scott Seethaler

Brandon Jon Ellison

Larry Glenn Estes

William Fred Keown, Jr

Cory Allen Chapman

Bryan Loyd Young

Alfredo Zugasti Hays

A device and method of transferring energy between peer devices includes determining a predefined limit on energy transfer to a consumer device, initiating transfer of the energy via an energy transfer connection, and terminating the energy transfer when the predefined limit is reached.

Energy transfer mechanism with predefined limit

A card assembly includes a card that includes a first edge and an opposing second edge, where the first edge includes an edge connector; and device sockets mounted to the card and operatively coupled to the edge connector, where each of the device sockets defines an end of a respective device bay, where each of the device bays is disposed at an angle of approximately 25 degrees to approximately 75 degrees with respect to the edge connector.

Angled device bay card assembly

An embodiment provides a method, including: providing a multi-protocol connector in an electronic device for connecting at least one storage device thereto; determining, using an operative coupling between the multi-protocol connector and the electronic device, if the electronic device supports one or more protocols of the multi-protocol connector; and providing an informational prompt for each determined protocol of the multi-protocol connector that the electronic device supports. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Detection and identifcation of supported connection protocols in a multi-purpose storage bay

For a secure device chamber, the device chamber is disposed in a chassis and includes a device port. A door latches to obstruct access to the device chamber. A logic circuit receives an uninterrupted power supply from a computer, stores a device access value, and unlatches the door in response to activation of a chamber eject button and a device access value not being a device secure mode.

Secure device chamber

For selectively transmitting signals, a data lane interface communicates signals of at least one data lane of a serial bus. A video interface port receives a video display signal from a video card. A traffic circuit transmits the signals of the at least one data lane and the video display signal to a high-speed signal combiner in response to determining that the high-speed signal combiner is processing the signals of the at least one data lane and the video display signal for output as a combined video display signal. Else the traffic circuit transmits the video display signal to a video output port in response to determining that the high-speed signal combiner is not processing the signals of the at least one data lane and the video display signal for output as the combined video display signal.

Selectively transmitting signals

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for interfacing with multiple components connected to a printed circuit board. An apparatus includes a plurality of hardware components that each include a first interface. An apparatus includes a printed circuit board that includes a plurality of interfaces that communicatively couple each of the hardware components to the printed circuit board via the first interface. The printed circuit board includes a second interface that communicatively couples the printed circuit board to an information handling device and manages communications between the information handling device and each of the hardware components coupled to the printed circuit board.

Interfacing with multiple components connected to a printed circuit board

For dynamic application optimization, a method is disclosed that includes detecting, by use of a processor, an altered need for a resource in an executing application, identifying one or more configuration parameters for configuring an operating environment for the application, and applying the one or more configuration parameters in response to detecting the altered need.

Dynamic application optimization

A system can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a chipset operatively coupled to the processor; ports where each of the ports includes a respective power supply line; a switch; a hub operatively coupled to the ports and to the chipset for data transfer via an in-band protocol; and a microcontroller operatively coupled to the chipset, to the switch and to the hub where the microcontroller includes circuitry that controls the switch to transfer data to one of the ports via an out-of-band protocol and where the microcontroller includes circuitry that controls supply of power to the power supply lines.

Computer port control

A system can include a power supply unit; a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a chipset operatively coupled to the processor; diagnostic information memory; and a microcontroller operatively coupled to the chipset via a first diagnostic data transfer bus and the microcontroller operatively coupled to the power supply unit and to the diagnostic information memory via a second diagnostic data transfer bus.

Embedded microcontroller and buses

For wearable device authentication and operation, code authenticates the wearable device to an electronic device. In addition, the code performs a wearable device operation in response to an operation command from the electronic device.

Wearable device authentication and operation

A computing system incorporating a portable network access point device is disclosed allowing access to mapped network drives through FireWire (1394) or USB. The device contains all the necessary functions to access a network and shared network drives. The hardware has ethernet on one end and USB or FireWire on the other. When connected to a network, this device will attempt to connect to all shared network drives for which it has been programmed. When connected to a computer via USB/FireWire, the computer loads the drivers and maps the listed drives. The computer need not load the entire network stack to access these drives. After a onetime configuration, the technician would be able to access shared drives from any computer without reconfiguring the computer's network settings or drive mappings. The computer system accessing the device through the USB/FireWire port sees a storage device. As seen from the network, however, the device looks like a network card attached to the network.

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Cary, NC, United States of America

Alan Ladd Painter