Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Lenovo (united States) Inc.

Lenovo Global Technology (united States) Inc.

Robert James Norton, Jr

Scott Wentao Li

Robert James Kapinos

Russell Speight VanBlon

Justin Michael Ringuette

Sandy Scott Collins

Neal Robert Caliendo, Jr

Kevin Wayne Beck

Thorsten Peter Stremlau

Arnold S Weksler

John Weldon Nicholson

Antonio Bumarch, Iii

Russell S Vanblon

Kevin W Beck

Thorsten Stremlau

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: receiving, at a digital assistant, a command from a user, wherein the command includes a high confidence portion and a low confidence portion; determining, at the digital assistant, that at least a part of the output corresponding to the command can be performed by the digital assistant based upon the high confidence portion; and performing, using the digital assistant and responsive to determining the at least a part of the output of the command can be performed by the digital assistant, the at least a part of the output of the command.

Partial completion of command by digital assistant

The system and method provide a technique for providing an information handling device with increased access to secure data by detecting the location of an information handling device on a surface in relation to at least one sensor located within the physical surface, and determining that the information handling device is an authenticated device based upon a communication between the at least one sensor and the information handling device. An orientation of the at least one sensor(s) present in the physical surface, or a sensor trigger area of the physical surface, may align with previously associated sensors coupled to the information handling device. Subsequent to determining the position of the sensors coupled to the device aligns with the at least one sensor trigger area, the information handling device may be authenticated which results in increased access to the device.

Device authentication utilizing sensor trigger areas

For generating a diagnosis, a method irradiates a product surface of a product with infrared light, the product surface including a stress sensitive pigment. The method detects an activation of the stress sensitive pigment as a color change at an infrared visible activation location. The method generates a diagnosis based on the activation.

Detecting impact and heat events on products and generating a diagnosis

Methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for blocking input/output (I/O) access to a computing system. A method includes establishing a portion of the machine-readable instructions as sole controller of the system responsive to the machine-readable instructions and preventing unauthorized replacement of the machine-readable instructions. The method also includes blocking user access to internal resources of the computing system and preventing predefined input/output (I/O) of the computing system.

Methods, systems, and program products for securely blocking access to system operations and data

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 execute a basic input/output system (BIOS) to apply voltage to muscle wire within the device (and/or apply heat to memory wire within the device). The wire locks a component of the device in place without voltage (or heat) being applied to the wire so that, responsive to the BIOS influencing the wire, the wire unlocks the component for removal from the device.

Muscle/memory wire lock of device component(s)

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: providing, via an execution module of a cable, an instruction to a system coupled to the cable to access and read out information of the system to the cable; generating, at the cable, a machine-readable label from the information of the system; and displaying, on a display operatively coupled to the cable, the machine-readable label, wherein the machine-readable label provides instructions to a device reading the machine-readable label to access a data storage location and log the information of the system into the data storage location.

System information access using isolated cable

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: receiving, at a shock analysis system, image data corresponding to at least one image capture device and associated with transportation of a package; determining, at the shock analysis system and by analyzing the image data, the package has undergone a shock of a magnitude exceeding a predetermined threshold; and performing, at the shock analysis system and responsive to determining the package has undergone the shock exceeding the predetermined threshold, at least one predetermined action, wherein the at least one predetermined action comprises notifying a user of the shock.

Image analysis to identify package shock

A computer implemented method of preparing an electronic device for transport to a destination includes activating a secure transport function for an electronic device and receiving a selection of at least two transport mode options. The transport mode options may include placing the electronic device in a shipping mode to disconnect a device battery until the device is reconnected to a power adapter, performing an encryption on selected data stored on the device, capturing a connection fingerprint of gateways upon power on during transport, and logging power on hours during transport. The method includes applying, via the secure transport mode function, the selected transport mode operations prior to transport.

Secure transit mode for electronic device

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: capturing, utilizing at least one image capture device coupled to an information handling device, video image data of a user; identifying, utilizing a gesture detection system and within the video image data, a location of hands of the user in relation to a gesture zone; and performing, utilizing the gesture detection system and based upon the location of the hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone, an action, wherein the producing the framed video stream comprises performing an action based upon the location of the hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone. Other aspects are claimed and described.

Gesture control during video capture

In one aspect, at least one device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to access an image and to execute object recognition using the image to identify at least a first object from the image. The instructions may also be executable to access a database indicating whether use permissions are grantable for various objects and to determine, based on accessing the database, that use permissions are grantable for the first object. The instructions may then be executable to control a display to present a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display, where the GUI may indicate the use permissions for the first object and include a selector that is selectable to initiate secure communication to authenticate an entity as being granted the use permissions for the first object.

Graphical user interfaces for authentication to use digital content

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 identify a motion vector of a cursor presented on a first display and, based on identification of the motion vector, present the cursor on a second display located in a direction indicated by the motion vector.

Movement of cursor between displays based on motion vectors

Apparatuses, methods, and program products are disclosed for displaying video inputs. One apparatus includes a display, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive, by use of the processor, multiple video inputs. The code is executable by the processor to determine display criteria of each video input of the multiple video inputs based on user selection. The code is executable by the processor to display, by use of the display, each video input of the multiple video inputs based on the display criteria of the respective video input.

Method, apparatus, and program product for authoring video content using stream embedded indicators

In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to identify a first email, identify a second email different from the first email, determine that the first and second emails are related, and move content from at least one of the first and second emails into a third email responsive to the determination. Present principles may also apply to other electronic message types besides emails.

Movement of content from first and second electronic messages into third electronic message

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: receiving, at an image glare reduction system, an indication to capture an image using a user device; determining, using the image glare reduction system, a function of the user device may cause glare in the image; and modifying, using the image glare reduction system and in response to the determining the function may cause glare, an attribute of the user device, wherein the modifying occurs during a shutter operation of the user device occurring during capture of the image.

Image glare 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 track a location of at least a segment of a wire of a virtual reality (VR) headset. The instructions are also executable to, based on the location and responsive to a trigger, present a notification regarding the location on a display of the VR headset.

Growing community of inventors

Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Robert James Norton, Jr