Dell Products Inc.

Banu Alpay Waldman

Daniel Lawrence Hamlin

Karun Palicherla Reddy

Keith M Alfano

Mandy Christina Phelps

Embodiments of systems and methods are provided for managing and operating a user presence detection (UPD) capable information handling system (IHS) within a multi-user environment. The systems and methods disclosed herein improve system security and reduce power loss in a UPD-capable IHS operated within a multi-user environment by continuously: (a) monitoring user presence within a field of view (FOV) of the UPD-capable IHS, (b) determining the identity of the user(s) present within the FOV by comparing biometric data obtained from the user(s) present within the FOV with biometric data contained within a database of trusted users, and (c) performing various actions, such as waking the IHS from a low power state or locking an active system session of the IHS, based on the identity of the user(s) present with FOV.

System and methods for waking and locking an information handling system in a multi-user environment

Embodiments of systems and methods are provided for provisioning a database of trusted users stored locally within an information handling system (IHS) based on location. The systems and methods disclosed herein may be used to identify a location of the IHS, and provision a database of trusted users (e.g., a TMU database) stored locally with the IHS based on the identified location. The TMU database is initially provisioned with a set of trusted users (and associated TMU information) expected for the identified location. If the IHS moves to a different location, the systems and methods disclosed herein may automatically reprovision the TMU database with a set of trusted users (and associated TMU information) expected for the new location. This reduces re-enrollment and enables the systems and methods disclosed herein to intelligently manage the TMU database stored locally with the IHS.

Systems and methods for provisioning a database of trusted users based on location

Embodiments of systems and methods are provided to monitor user presence, and manage various actions in response to user presence, within a system comprising multiple UPD-capable devices. In some embodiments, the systems and methods disclosed herein may collect user presence data from a plurality of UPD-capable devices, monitor the user presence data collected from the plurality of UPD-capable devices to accurately identify a user's presence, attention and/or engagement with a particular UPD-capable device, and manage various actions performed within the particular UPD-capable device based on said monitoring. In doing so, the systems and methods disclosed herein may reduce or eliminate problems that may otherwise occur when multiple UPD-capable devices are used within a system to monitor user presence.

System and methods for monitoring user presence in a system having multiple user presence detection (UPD) capable devices

Embodiments of systems and methods are provided for managing system configuration settings during an active system session, and for managing session retainment, based on user presence detected within a field of view (FOV) of an information handling system (IHS) and policy. The systems and methods described herein improve system security in an IHS operated within a multi-user environment by managing system configuration and session retainment when a trusted user or an unknown user is present within a FOV of the authenticated user's system during an active system session.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Banu Alpay Waldman