Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090094465 | BATTERY PACK FOR PORTABLE COMPUTER - A first battery assembly is in a first battery housing that is mechanically engageable with a portable computer, and a second battery assembly is in a second battery housing that is mechanically couplable to the first battery housing. A switch has a first configuration in which communication is established between the portable computer and the first battery assembly and a second configuration in which communication is established between the portable computer and the second battery assembly. | 04-09-2009 |
20090119785 | System and Method for Secure Usage of Peripheral Devices Using Shared Secrets - A system, method, and program product is provided that establishes a shared secret between a computer system and a peripheral device such as a removable nonvolatile storage device or a printer. After establishing the shared secret, the peripheral device is locked. After the peripheral device is locked, an unlock request is received and the shared secret is sent to the peripheral device. The peripheral device then attempts to verify the shared secret. If the shared secret is successfully verified, then the peripheral device is unlocked allowing use of the device by using an encryption key that is made available by the verified shared secret. On the other hand, if the shared secret is not verified, then the peripheral device remains locked and use of the device is prevented. | 05-07-2009 |
20090205044 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SECURE HARD DRIVE SIGNED AUDIT - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for secure hard disk signed audit. The apparatus is provided with a plurality of modules configured to functionally execute the necessary steps of monitoring interactions with an audited system, detecting an interrupt event corresponding to an auditable interaction, and logging an audit record for the auditable interaction in response to the interrupt event, wherein the audit record is logged in an access-restricted portion of a portion-securable hard disk. These modules in the described embodiments include a gate module, a detection module, and a logging module. | 08-13-2009 |
20100327801 | PROXIMITY POWER PAD - A polygonal power pad includes an optional connector to connect to a power supply and a power network in the power pad. At least one power connector is coupled to the power network and is disposed on a periphery of the pad. The power connector is operable to receive and provide power to a provided adjacent pad. At least one power transfer coil embedded in the pad, is coupled to the power network to transfer power to a device proximate the pad | 12-30-2010 |
20110085679 | Intelligent Selective System Mute - An approach is provided that receives a sound request from a requesting process. A selective mute setting is identified that corresponds to user enablement actions. If the selective mute setting is disabled the sound request is played at an audio output in response. However, if the selective mute setting being enabled, then steps are performed to determine whether to play the sound request. These steps include determining whether the sound request corresponds to one or more user sound request actions. If it is determined that the sound request corresponds to at least one of the user sound request actions then the sound request is audibly played at the audio output. However, if the sound request does not correspond to at least one of the user sound request actions, then the audio request is suppressed and not played at the audio output. | 04-14-2011 |
20120324124 | SETTING A RATE OF DATA TRANSMISSION IN A PEER-TO-PEER MODE - An apparatus and method are presented for a maximum speed criterion for a velocity gesture. The apparatus includes a processor, a memory, a determination module and a transmission module. The determination module determines, through a wireless communication infrastructure mode, an amount of wireless network activity. The transmission module sets a rate of data transmission in a peer to peer mode based on the amount of wireless network activity. | 12-20-2012 |
20130021290 | SELECTING A SENSOR FOR USER INPUT - An apparatus and method are presented for selecting a surface for user input. The apparatus includes an information handling device having at least two surfaces and at least two sensors, as least one of the sensors being associated with one or more of the surfaces, a determination module, and a selection module. The determination module determines a current surface that is likely facing a user. The selection module selects one or more sensors associated with the current surface for user input. | 01-24-2013 |
20140122857 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTHERBOARD PERSONALIZATION - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for motherboard personalization. An access module | 05-01-2014 |
20140167699 | BATTERY CYCLING AND MANAGEMENT - An aspect provides a method, including: setting a battery pack, in an information handling device having two or more battery packs, as a priority battery pack; discharging the priority battery pack and maintaining one or more other battery packs in an idle state; ascertaining if the priority battery pack satisfies one or more conditions; and in response to the priority battery pack satisfying the one or more conditions, setting one of the one or more other battery packs to be the priority battery pack and maintaining the remaining battery packs in an idle state; wherein the priority battery pack is prioritized in terms of charging. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 06-19-2014 |
20140203784 | ACTIVE SWELLING REDUCTION FOR POUCH CELLS - An aspect provides a method, including: normally discharging one or more battery cells housed in a flexible exterior material; determining one or more of the one or more battery cells has less than a predetermined voltage level; and actively discharging the one or more battery cells determined to have less than the predetermined voltage. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 07-24-2014 |
20150072230 | LITHIUM-ION CELL AND ENERGY DENSITY THEREOF - A lithium-ion cell can include at least one electrode that includes packed active electrode particles that include a multimodal particle size distribution (PSD) and a packing density, for example, greater than approximately 0.56. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 03-12-2015 |