Intel Corporation

Robin C Knauerhase

Scott H Robinson

Vijay Tewari

Dzung D Tran

Shivani A Sud

A method for unifying VMs comprises presenting, in a display device, a unified view that includes GUI elements for multiple applications that execute in respective VMs in a computing device. The operation of presenting the unified view may be performed by a unification console that executes in a dedicated VM. The method also comprises (a) after presenting the unified view, receiving, by the unification console, user input pertaining to a selected application; (b) redirecting the user input from the unification console in the dedicated VM to the selected application in its respective VM; (c) receiving, by the unification console outside of the VM for the selected application, application output from the selected application; and (d) rendering output for a user, based on the application output received by the unification console. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Method, apparatus and system for transparent unification of virtual machines

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to provide power to devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a display and an instruction presenter. The presenter is to generate a notification on the display. The notification indicates that delivery of power to the user device will be enabled in exchange for paying attention to the display during a media presentation. The apparatus also includes a detector to determine that a person associated with the user device is paying attention to the display. The charging station is to transmit power to the user device in response to the detector determining that the person is paying attention to the display.

Methods and apparatus to provide power to devices

A computing device comprises instructions that, when executed, enable the computing device to present a logical representation of a unified view of virtual machines (VMs), each of which executes a respective application in the computing device. The logical representation of the unified view includes a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) elements for the applications. The operation of presenting the logical representation of the unified view is performed, at least in part, by a unification console that executes in a dedicated VM. The unification console also facilitates operations such as receiving user input pertaining to a selected application among the applications and receiving application output from the selected application. The user input from the unification console is redirected to the selected application in its respective VM. Output is rendered for the user, based on the application output received by the unification console. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

A virtual environment manager ('VEM') simplifies the usability of virtual machines and provides users with an enhanced design for creating and/or for managing virtual machines ('VMs'). For example, a user can select description information and management information to be included in descriptors and according to which a VEM will create and manage various VM environments for various host environments. The VEM automatically creates the VM environments and host environments by sending descriptor description information and data files associated with the description information to virtual machine monitors (VMMs), which create the VM environments according to the description information. A VEM at each host may manage VM environments executed by the VMM, according to the descriptor management information. Thus, a set of descriptors to create and manage a set of VMs for a home computer may be easily modified by a user to create and manage a set of VMs for a work or laptop computer.

Virtual environment manager

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to provide power to devices are disclosed. An example method includes determining an indication of visual media consumption of a display by a person; and enabling delivery of power to a device associated with the person in response to determining that the visual media consumption is associated with the person.

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Robin C Knauerhase