Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Axel Ramirez Flores

Russell Speight VanBlon

James Anthony Hunt

Howard J Locker

Robert James Kapinos

Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki

Scott Edwards Kelso

Rod D Waltermann

Steven Richard Perrin

Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu

Suzanne Marion Beaumont

Michael Thano Matthews

Rodrigo Felix De Almeida

Bradley Park Strazisar

Jonathan Co Lee

Yi Zhou

Alfredo Zugasti Hays

Scott Wentao Li

James Stephen Rutledge

Justin Tyler Dubs

Tobias Christensen

Bruce Douglas Gress

Aaron Michael Stewart

Joshua Neil Novak

Matthew William Fardig

Julie Anne Morris

Jason M Grimme

Alan Ladd Painter

Jose Rodolfo Ruiz

Zhenglong Bai

Nathanial Albertson

Daryl Carvis Cromer

John Weldon Nicholson

Mark Charles Davis

Jianbang Zhang

Ming Qian

Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury

Jian Li

Kenneth Scott Seethaler

Justin Michael Ringuette

Jonathan Gaither Knox

David Alexander Schwarz

Matthew Price Roper

John Miles Hunt

James Joseph Thrasher

Larry Glenn Estes

Sean Michael Ulrich

Ratan Ray

Harriss Christopher Neil Ganey

Jay Wesley Johnson

Mark David Krynock

James Alan LaCroix

One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using a camera sensor of an information handling device, an image associated with a user; identifying, in a conferencing application, a background image for a video stream of the user; determining, based on comparing the background image to the image of the user, a contextual discrepancy for a superimposition of the image of the user over the background image; and adjusting, based on the determining, one or more aspects of the background image or one or more aspects of the image of the user to negate the contextual discrepancy. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Background image adjustment in virtual meeting

Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for presenting links during an online presentation. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive content that is presented as part of an online presentation, process the received content to identify at least one uniform resource locator ('URL') in the received content, and present an interactive graphical element representing the at least one URL on a display device. The interactive graphical element includes a link to an online location associated with the URL such that the online location is accessible in response to interacting with the interactive graphical element.

Presenting links during an online presentation

In one aspect, an apparatus may include a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage may include instructions executable to identify first, second, third, and fourth participants that are to engage in video conferencing. The instructions may also be executable to access data related to the participants. The instructions may then be executable to, based on the data, group the first and second participants together for a first video conference and group the third and fourth participants together for a second video conference. Based on the grouping, the instructions may then be executable to provide a graphical user interface including video feeds of the participants according to the groupings and allowing a fifth participant to enter the different groups to converse audibly with the different groups. The groupings may be made based on past participation in other video conferences and/or traits of the respective participants, for example.

Graphical user interfaces for grouping video conference participants

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

In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive a first data stream from a first conferencing service operated by a first conferencing service provider and to receive second data stream from a second conferencing service operated by a second conferencing service provider. The instructions are then executable to merge the first and second data streams.

Systems and methods to merge data streams from different conferencing platforms

In one aspect, a first device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to determine, based on input from at least one sensor, whether a conference room is in use. The instructions are also executable to, based on the determination, provide an electronic notification to a second device regarding whether the conference room is in use.

Systems and methods to electronically indicate whether conference room is in use based on sensor input

In one aspect, an apparatus may include a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the processor to present a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display. The GUI may include a first graphical object indicating data related to a first topic that is to be discussed by first and second participants of a first video conference, and the GUI may include a second graphical object indicating data related to a second topic that is to be discussed by third and fourth participants in a second video conference. The first and second video conferences may be transpiring concurrently. Additionally, the GUI may include a first selector that is selectable to allow a fifth participant to converse audibly in the first video conference, and a second selector that is selectable to allow the fifth participant to converse audibly in the second video conference.

Graphical user interfaces for monitoring video conferences

In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to switch a hub device from a hub mode to a slave or pass-through mode responsive to one or more contextual triggers.

Dynamic switching between hub mode and slave mode

An embodiment provides a method, including: operating a sensor of an information handling device to capture location information of a user; determining, using a processor to analyze the location information, a position of a finger of a user relative to a keyboard location; determining, using the processor, a difference between an expected location for the finger and the position of the finger of the user relative to the keyboard location; and offering, using the processor, feedback regarding the difference determined. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Typing feedback derived from sensor information

In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor, at least one touch-sensitive display accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to present at least a first input element in a first orientation on the at least one touch-sensitive display and to receive a signal from at least one sensor indicating a direction to a user in proximity to the at least one touch-sensitive display. The instructions are also executable to, responsive to the signal, present the first input element in a second orientation on the at least one touch-sensitive display.

Systems and methods for presentation of input elements based on direction to a user

In one aspect, an apparatus includes a processor and an array of plural microphones and/or an array of plural speakers. Storage accessible to the processor includes instructions executable by the processor to establish a setting of at least one element in at least one of the arrays based at least in part on a signal from at least one proximity sensor.

Techniques to optimize microphone and speaker array based on presence and location

In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a camera accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to receive data from the camera, establish a three-dimensional (3D) model of at least a portion of a location based at least in part on the data from the camera, identify at least one object at the location from the data from the camera, and associate the at least one object with time-related metadata.

Association of objects in a three-dimensional model with time-related metadata

One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, an indication to perform an action associated with an element in an application; adjusting, using a processor, a confidence score of the element based upon at least one input context; responsive to the confidence score being higher than a predetermined threshold, performing the action; and responsive to the confidence score being lower than the predetermined threshold, performing a second action. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Input interpretation based upon a context

Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for conforming electronic communication attachments to a recipient system's settings. One or more characteristics of a resource attached to an electronic communication being sent to a recipient system are determined. It is determined whether one or more characteristics of a resource conform to one or more settings of a recipient system. One or more nonconforming characteristics of a resource are adjusted prior to sending the electronic communication such that the one or more nonconforming characteristics of the resource conform to the one or more settings of the recipient system.

Conforming electronic communication attachments to a recipient system's settings

In one aspect, a first device includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to identify a first data transfer command based on input from an input device, receive identifying information associated with the input device, and execute the first data transfer command responsive at least in part to authentication of the input device based at least in part on the identifying information. The first data transfer command pertains to the transfer of first data.

Data transfer based on input device identifying information

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Cary, NC, United States of America

Axel Ramirez Flores