Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Lenovo (united States) Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation

Motorola Mobility LLC

Other

Lenovo Global Technology (united States) Inc.

Lenova (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Nathan J Peterson

John Carl Mese

Russell Speight VanBlon

Arnold S Weksler

Rod D Waltermann

Mark Patrick Delaney

Gary David Cudak

John Scott Crowe

Amy L Rose

Jennifer Lee-Baron

Bryan Lloyd Young

John Michael Petersen

Scott Edwards Kelso

Scott Edward Kelso

Mark Charles Davis

Bryan Loyd Young

Randall Scott Springfield

Jonathan Gaither Knox

Howard J Locker

Joseph Wayne Freeman

Steven Dale Goodman

Igor Stolbikov

Neal Robert Caliendo, Jr

Jun Li

Bruce Douglas Gress

Richard Paul Cornwell

Daryl Carvis Cromer

Scott Wentao Li

David Carroll Challener

Aaron Michael Stewart

Jason Aaron Matteson

Bouziane Yebka

James Anthony Hunt

Joshua Neil Novak

Justin Michael Ringuette

David Rivera

CheKim Chhuor

Yi Zhou

Nagananda Chumbalkar

Liang Chen

Guillermo Regulez

James Christopher Loebach

Heather Leah Cudak

John Weldon Nicholson

Robert James Kapinos

Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury

Philip Lee Childs

Marc Richard Pamley

Grigori Zaitsev

Christopher Miles Osborne

Brian Jules Jaeger

Jeffrey Mark Estroff

Brett Ward

Isaac Karpel

Jason Pratt Parrish

Scott Thomas Elliott

Jose Rodolfo Ruiz

David W Smith

Ralph Saul Cooper

Rod D Walterman

Albert Sauer

Vincent James DeCaro

Norman Arthur Dion, Ii

Rafael Rodrigues Machado

John Edward Long, Jr

Arnold S Weksier

Nicholas Richard Roberts

Joshua L Hager

Patrick Donald McLamb

Isaac Kareel

Ling Ma

Gavin D Cudak

Caleb D Cudak

Akihisa Iwakawa

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: detecting, during a meeting, a disruption within an environment surrounding a user, wherein the meeting is facilitated using a communication medium and comprises at least one participant remote to the user; determining, utilizing at least one sensor, a source of disruption; generating, utilizing a messaging generator system, a message identifying the disruption; and providing, to the at least one participant, the message. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Message generation for detected disruption

In one aspect, a device includes a processor and storage with instructions executable to identify a first frequency range of sound associated with an environment and to determine whether the first frequency range matches a second frequency range at least to within a threshold. The second frequency range is associated with a voice of a digital assistant. Responsive to the first frequency range matching the second frequency rage at least to within the threshold, the instructions are executable to change a setting for the digital assistant so that the voice of the digital assistant outputs audio in a third frequency range that does not match the first frequency range at least to within the threshold.

Change of digital assistant voice frequency based on matching frequency from environment

In one aspect, an apparatus includes a processor assembly and storage accessible to the processor assembly. The storage includes instructions executable by the processor assembly to receive input from at least one sensor on a first device and to determine, based on the input, that a user is asleep. The instructions are also executable to, based on the determination, disable at least a first type of authentication usable to unlock a second device.

Disablement of device authentication based on user sleep state

Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products for regenerative braking vehicles are provided. An apparatus includes a processor in a regenerative braking vehicle that has a one-pedal control and a memory connected to the processor that stores code executable by the processor to detect a driving context, monitor a regenerative battery system of the vehicle, and automatically adjust a regenerative intensity based at least in part upon the driving context and the regenerative battery system.

Automated assistance with one-pedal driving

For augmented functions, a method determines a support relationship between a first device and a second device in a physical environment, wherein at least the first device is an electronic device. The method determines an augmented function for the first device, wherein the augmented function provides the support relationship. The method executes the augmented function on the first device.

Augmented functions for cooperative enhancement

A wireless peripheral device implemented method includes receiving a first input, providing a user perceivable indication of existing wireless pairings of the wireless peripheral device via the wireless peripheral device in response to the first input, receiving a second input, and adding a new wireless pairing in response to the second input.

Wireless active registered or paired manipulation

A method can include sensing condition of power cells in a configured multiple power cell pack via a pack management unit; based in part on the sensing, identifying a number of the power cells as a number of target cells via the pack management unit; disabling sensing condition of the number of target cells via the pack management unit; and reconfiguring the multiple power cell pack via the pack management unit to provide a reconfigured multiple power cell pack that provides power without the number of target cells.

Reconfigurable battery pack

An apparatus for setting an orientation mode includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to a context for a route to be navigated by a user. In various examples, the code causes the processor to determine an orientation mode for the context. In various examples, the code causes the processor to set an orientation mode for a navigation system to a first orientation mode based on the context. A method and a computer program may perform the functions of the apparatus.

Method for contextual navigation direction orientation

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: identifying, using a disturbance minimization system, a device as a primary device; identifying, using the disturbance minimization system, a context of the primary device; determining, using the disturbance minimization system and based upon the context of the primary device, that sound disturbances need reduced in an audible environment of the primary device; and reducing, using the disturbance minimization system and responsive to determining the sound disturbances need reduced, at least one sound disturbance produced by at least one device other than the primary device.

Device disturbance reduction

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 determine a first context and to determine that a threshold number of messages of a message chain have been received within a threshold amount of time. Based on the first context and the threshold number of messages being received within the threshold amount of time, the instructions are executable to delay presenting at least one notification regarding one or more messages of the message chain.

Message notification delay

A computer implemented method includes receiving a request for a boot into a system factory reset mode, accessing a virtual boot indication in an operating system memory area, identifying an address of a virtual boot user space memory area as a function of the virtual boot indication, and booting the system into the factory reset mode using the virtual boot user space memory without overriding user settings in the user space memory.

Reversible virtual factory reset

Methods, apparatus, and computer program products that can automatically search for topics related to discovered devices are disclosed herein. One method includes a processor discovering a device and automatically searching a set of data resources on a network for a set of topics related to the discovered device. Apparatus and computer program products that include hardware and/or software that can perform the methods for automatically searching for topics related to a discovered device are also disclosed herein.

Automatically searching for topics related to discovered devices

An electronic device is provided that has an input device including an input sensor configured to detect synaptic signals from a user. An electronic device sensor is also provided that detects environmental signals or user signals. The electronic device also includes a memory to store executable instructions, and one or more processors. When implementing the executable instructions, the one or more processors determine an environmental characteristic based on the environmental signals or a user characteristic based on the user signals, and determine when to grant access to the electronic device based on the synaptic signals based on the environmental characteristic or the user characteristic.

Device and method for accessing electronic device

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: detecting, using a notification extension system, an incoming communication request on an information handling device; identifying, using the notification extension system, an environmental context of a user with respect to the information handling device; determining, using the notification extension system and based upon the environmental context of the user, the user is unable to answer the incoming communication request within a default communication request notification length; and extending, using the notification extension system, based upon the environmental context of the user, and responsive to determining the user is unable to answer the incoming communication request, a length of the communication request notification.

Communication request notification extension

Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for managing power sharing in electronic devices are disclosed. One apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to determine, in real-time, whether one or more first electronic devices that are compatible with a second electronic device that is low on power are within a predetermined geographic distance of the second electronic device and, in response to determining that one or more first electronic devices that are compatible with the second electronic device are within the predetermined geographic distance of the second electronic device, transmit a request to the one or more first electronic devices inquiring whether any of the one or more first electronic devices are willing to share power with the second electronic device. Methods and computer program products that include and/or perform the operations of the apparatus are also disclosed.

Apparatus, methods, and program products for managing power sharing in electronic devices

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Nathan J Peterson