Dell Products Inc.

Dell USA L.p.

Srinivas Kamepalli

Deeder M Aurongzeb

John Trevor Morrison

Travis Christian North

Abeye Teshome

Douglas Jarrett Peeler

Daniel Lawrence Hamlin

Mohammed K Hijazi

Marcin M Nowak

Lee B Zaretsky

Ajay Kwatra

Adolfo Sandor Montero

Karthikeyan Krishnakumar

Merle Wood, Iii

Gregory Lane Henderson

Terry Lane Matula

Kan Lip Vui

An information handling system includes an outer housing and a processor and a memory disposed in the outer housing. The processor is configured to execute instructions to process information. The memory is configured to store the information. The information handling system includes a piezoelectric transducer disposed in the outer housing and mechanically coupled to a surface held by the outer housing. The information handling system includes a sensor disposed in the outer housing and configured to generate an indicator of user presence in a zone proximate to the piezoelectric transducer and above a second side of the surface. The information handling system includes a controller disposed in the outer housing and coupled to the memory. The controller is configured to selectively configure the piezoelectric transducer to be responsive to a first subsystem or to be responsive to a second subsystem according to the indicator of user presence.

Information handling system including dynamic configuration of piezoelectric transducers for multi-functionality

A quality of a mechanical connection within an information handling system may be inferred based on pressure. An electronic pressure sensor is disposed between two components operating within the information handling system. The electronic pressure sensor generates an output signal in response to a clamping pressure and/or clamping force between the two components. Performance of a processor operating within the information handling system may be controlled in response to the clamping pressure and/or clamping force. A speed of a cooling fan operating within the information handling system may be controlled in response to the clamping pressure and/or clamping force. Any internal components operating within the information handling system may be controlled in response to the clamping pressure and/or clamping force.

Thermal and acoustical management in information handling systems based on mechanical connections

The present disclosure provides various embodiments of methods for intelligent active speaker identification and information handling systems (IHSs) utilizing such methods. In general, the methods disclosed herein may be used to accurately identify an active speaker in a communication session with an application or an IHS, regardless of whether the active speaker is alone, in a group environment, or using someone else's system or login to participate in the communication session. The methods disclosed herein may use voice processing technology and one or more voice identification databases (VIDs) to identify the active speaker in a communication session. In some embodiments, the disclosed methods may display the identity of the active speaker to other users or participants in the same communication session. In other embodiments, the disclosed methods may dynamically switch between user profiles or accounts during the communication session based on the identity of the active speaker.

Information handling systems and methods for accurately identifying an active speaker in a communication session

Systems and method are provided in which docking stations provide power to an Information Handling System (IHS) that is coupled to the docking station and provide the IHS with access to I/O (Input/Output) devices coupled to the docking station. Docking stations include a power circuit receiving a supply of DC power from an external power source. Docking stations also include a docking port used by the docking station to supply DC power to the docked IHS. Docking stations also include an I/O port the receives a connection from an external display, where a DC power input is received via the I/O port from the coupled external display. A controller of the docking station apportions the DC power input received from the coupled external display between operations of the docking station and the DC power supplied to the IHS via the docking port.

Docking station supporting power inputs from a display

Plural Internet of Things (IoT) gateways detect, secure against and remediate malicious code with an autonomous communication of tokens between the IoT gateways on a time schedule. Detection of an invalid token or a token communication outside of a scheduled time indicates that malicious code may have interfered with token generation or communication. Once malicious code is verified on an IoT gateway, the failed gateway is remediated to an operational state, such as with a re-imaging by another IoT gateway through an in band communication or a re-imaging by a server information handling system through an out of band communication.

Information handling system threat management

Thermal and acoustical management in information handling systems

An information handling system includes a host device and multiple monitor devices. One of the monitor devices is configured as a parent monitor device, and the remaining monitor devices are configured as child monitor devices. The parent monitor device receives a user presence detect (UPD) status signal, and queries all of the child monitor devices for a current UPD status. In response to the queries, the parent monitor consolidates the current UPD status from each of the child monitor devices and the current UPD status of the parent monitor device. Based on the consolidated current UPD status and based on a UPD policy, the parent monitor device sets a current user status as a user absence or presence. In response to the processor being in a low power state and the current user status being the user presence, the patent monitor device provides a wake notification to the host device.

Information handling system with consolidated external user presence detection

Plural Internet of Things (IoT) gateways detect, secure against and remediate malicious code with an autonomous communication of tokens between the IoT gateways on a time schedule. Detection of an invalid token or a token communication outside of a scheduled time indicates that malicious code may have interfered with token generation or communication. Verification of a token communication to an IoT gateway that failed in turn to pass the token to another IoT gateway indicates that the IoT gateway is a threat that may include malicious code.

Information handling system threat management and detection with scheduled token communication

An information handling system includes a first device, a host device, and a dock. The dock communicates with the first device over a first physical communication link, and with the host device over a second physical communication link. The dock receives a vendor defined message from the host device over the second physical communication link. In response to the first device being a destination device for the vendor defined message, the dock converts the vendor defined message to a second message having a different protocol as compared to the vendor defined message and designates an embedded controller of the dock as a virtual destination for the second message. In response to the first device being the destination device, the embedded controller regenerates the second message as a second vendor defined message and provides the second vendor defined message to the first device via the second physical communication link.

Dock to bridge vendor defined messages between devices

A system and method using a system for authenticating a person as an authorized user before waking an information handling system from an inactive state. A sensor receives an input from a person, captures information about the person and a microcontroller unit (MCU) determines if the captured information matches information corresponding to an authorized user. If the MCU determines the captured information corresponds to information corresponding to an authorized user, the MCU sends a command to one of a central processing unit (CPU) or an embedded controller (EC) to change operation of the information handling system to an active state. If the MCU determines the captured information does not correspond to information corresponding to an authorized user, no command is sent to the CPU or EC to change operation of the information handling system.

System and method for authenticating before waking an information handling system

In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may: determine a utilization value of a processor; determine that the utilization value is at or is above a threshold utilization value; determine a temperature value of the processor; determine a temperature value of a voltage regulator that provides power to the processor; determine if the temperature value of the processor is below a first threshold value and if the temperature value of the voltage regulator is below a second threshold value; if so: determine first power utilization information that informs the processor that it is utilizing less power than it is currently utilizing and provide the first power utilization information to the processor; and otherwise: determine second power utilization information that informs the processor that it is utilizing more power than it is currently utilizing and provide the second power utilization information to the processor.

System and method of utilizing different power levels of at least one processor of an information handling system

A display device may include a communications interface and a controller configured to monitor for user-initiated changes to display settings associated with the display device and communicate a message via the communications interface to an information handling system in order to cause the information handling system to communicate a second message to a second display device to change display settings of the second display device responsive to the user-initiated changes to the display settings associated with the display device. The controller may also be configured to monitor for an indication from the information handling system via the communications interface indicative of user-initiated changes to display settings associated with the second display device and responsive to receipt of the indication from the information handling system indicative of user-initiated changes to display settings associated with the second display device, cause a change to display settings associated with the display device.

Systems and methods to synchronize display settings among multiple display devices

Plural Internet of Things (IoT) gateways detect, secure against and remediate malicious code with an autonomous communication of tokens between the IoT gateways on a time schedule. Detection of an invalid token or a token communication outside of a scheduled time indicates that malicious code may have interfered with token generation or communication. Once malicious code is verified on an IoT gateway, the failed gateway is quarantined from the passing of the token and functions of the failed IoT gateway are assigned to other IoT gateways.

A system and method for ensuring information present in volatile memory is moved to persistent memory before power is removed. An information handling system stores a time value corresponding to an amount of time for power to be supplied to the information handling system after a signal is received to power down the information handling system. An embedded controller determines the amount of information present in volatile memory, determines an amount of time needed to move the information to persistent memory, and adjusts the time value as needed to ensure power is supplied to the system until the information has been moved to persistent memory.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Srinivas Kamepalli