Abstract: An information handling system mouse includes a sliding power button on a bottom surface that slides to actuate a power switch on and off. When slid to an on position, the sliding power button is freed to move inward to actuate a tactile button under the sliding power button, such as with an end user inward push. In the off position the sliding power button catches under lip that prevents an inward push at the tactile button. Dual motion of the sliding power button offers intuitive varied end user interactions with a single button structure to save space at the mouse bottom surface.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for providing a fragmented cooling kickstand for Information Handling Systems (IHSs) are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a plurality of components and a housing configured to hold the plurality of components, where the housing includes a vent located under a kickstand when at least a portion of the kickstand is in a closed position.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to monitor unique usage characteristics (e.g., system device usage) of an individual information handling system, and to determine a unique system pre-boot interface (PBI) configuration for the individual information handling system based on these monitored unique usage characteristics. The provided systems and methods may also be implemented to automatically update pre-boot interface security configuration for system devices based on the monitored usage characteristics of the individual information handling system.

Abstract: A portable information handling system glass ceramic housing has a cut out section at an opening and a speaker chamber cover disposed in the opening to integrate a speaker at a bottom front side of the housing. A speaker coil couples to the housing section to align with a speaker magnet coupled to the speaker chamber cover to generate audible sound in a speaker chamber defined when the housing section couples over the opening. A polymer material is disposed between the housing section and housing, and the housing section is cut out with an upward curve, so that audible sound is directed upwards from the housing and towards an end user of the information handling system.

Abstract: A thermal management technique reduces heat transferred to a user while maintaining mechanical strength of an outer housing of an information handling system. In at least one embodiment, an information handling system includes an outer housing and a thermal management structure adjacent to an inner lateral surface of the outer housing. The thermal management structure includes a porous layer configured to increase thermal resistance in a first direction orthogonal to the inner lateral surface of the outer housing. The porous layer may include a honeycomb structure formed from a metal or a metal alloy. The porous layer may include a metal foam.

Abstract: An information handling system mouse includes an acoustic isolation enclosure coupled proximate a switch and having a first position that suppress actuation sound of the switch and a second position that directs actuation sound of the switch out from the mouse. In one embodiment, the acoustic isolation enclosure has a first portion in a fixed position around the switch and a second portion in sliding engagement with the first portion and having an opening that is blocked in the first position and exposed in the second position.

Abstract: A system and a method for executing an update carbon dioxide (CO2) footprint optimization system for a client information handling system comprising a processor to gather telemetry describing power consumption and usage of hardware component resources during execution of a software application, to determine an execution CO2 emissions comparison index value describing a difference between CO2 emitted due to recent execution of the application relative to CO2 emitted due to the current execution at an optimal efficiency or due to a modelled, expected performance of the application after installation of an available update, and to determine an installation CO2 emissions comparison index value estimating CO2 emissions associated with an installation process of the available update. The system and method generating a user recommendation to delay installation of the update if the installation CO2 emissions comparison index value exceeds the execution CO2 emissions comparison index value to conserve CO2 emissions.

Abstract: An information handling system mouse includes a motion power switch that applies power to the mouse when the mouse is moved in a powered down state to restart the mouse processing resource and position sensor. When a mouse is inactive for predetermined conditions, such as an idle time, the processing resource enables the motion power switch and cuts off power to the mouse. The motion power switch consumes no power until motion of the mouse closes a circuit that reactivates the processing resource to manage the mouse power state. The result is a mouse idle state with no power use and a rapid wake to an operational state.

Abstract: An information handling system mouse includes a sliding power button on a bottom surface that slides to actuate a power switch on and off. When slid to an on position, the sliding power button is freed to move inward to actuate a tactile button under the sliding power button, such as with an end user inward push. In the off position the sliding power button catches under lip that prevents an inward push at the tactile button. Dual motion of the sliding power button offers intuitive varied end user interactions with a single button structure to save space at the mouse bottom surface.

Abstract: A hardware right to repair prioritization system comprising a graphical user interface (GUI) to receive partial rankings of requirements for prioritizing an failing component replacement, where each requirement describes a characteristic having varied values across the failing components, a processor to generate a priority requirement ranking for all of the requirements, based on the partial rankings, determine a replacement priority rank for each failing component, based on characteristic values for each failing component and priority requirement ranking; determine a change in carbon dioxide (CO2) footprint resulting from replacement of each of the failing components, generate a CO2 optimized replacement priority rank by weighting the replacement priority rank by the change in CO2 footprint for each of the failing components; identify a failing component associated with a highest CO2 optimized replacement priority rank as a top replacement candidate, and the GUI to recommend immediate replacement of the top

Abstract: A hardware failure prediction and avoidance system executing on a unified endpoint management platform information handling system comprising a network interface device (NID) to receive failed operational telemetries for client devices including power and software analytics, and event viewer error logs, and an error associated with a hardware type, a processor to execute a classification supervised learning algorithm on the failed operational telemetries to determine that a hardware or software configuration will likely co-occur with a future error of the hardware type, identify the hardware or software configuration as problematic, the processor to identify the problematic system configuration in a current operational telemetry by correlating the current operational telemetry with a portion of the failed operational telemetries, and the NID to transmit a recommendation to the first client device to adjust the problematic system configuration in order to avoid occurrence of the error at the first client devic

Abstract: A carbon dioxide (CO2) emission tracking system operating on a client information handling system may comprise a processor, a network interface device, and a display to display a graphical user interface (GUI) to gather analytics for an executing software application hardware power consumption analytics, and a location for the client information handling system, the processor to receive from a Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) platform a distributed power CO2 emissions value estimating CO2 emission per Watt of power consumed at the location, determine a power CO2 emissions value estimating CO2 emitted during a measured consumption of power, based on the hardware power consumption analytics, determine an application CO2 emissions value estimating CO2 emitted by the software application during consumption of hardware resources contributing to the power CO2 emissions value, and display the power CO2 emissions value to provide a carbon footprint for computing activities of the client information handling system.

Abstract: An information handling system keyboard includes an array of microphones having a defined layout that supports location of human voice sounds captured by the array of microphones to isolate voices originating from a defined distance and orientation while filtering other voices and non-voice sounds. A display included in the keyboard depicts a visual indication of voice quality that can include instructions to a speaker regarding adjustments to help obtain a desired voice capture quality to support a video or audio conference of an information handling system interfaced with the keyboard. The keyboard display also supports an interface to control a keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) switch interfaced with the keyboard.

Abstract: An information handling system mouse has a plastic chassis that assembles without the use of metal screws to that the mouse more readily breaks down to recycle at end of life. The mouse chassis has a complete perimeter at a bottom side to accept a bottom surface within the interior and having the assembly gap hidden from view under the mouse when in normal use. An inner frame heat stakes to the chassis to provide structural support without metal coupling devices like metal screws.

Abstract: An information handling system mouse has input buttons at an upper surface with selectable response to an end user press. An arrangement of magnets cooperate to establish a distance for the input button to move to complete an input at a switch to provide the end user with a selected of a spring or cantilever type of input response. For example, electropermanent magnets are configured to attract or repel a permanent magnet so that the amount of input button press motion adjusts along with the resistance against an input button press.

Abstract: An information handling system mouse has a variable speed scroll wheel with magnetic tactile response. A ferromagnetic wheel coupled to the scroll wheel and having spikes and valleys interacts with a magnetic field of magnet as the scroll wheel rotates to resist rotation in variable amounts. The magnetic field is selectively removed to reduce the tactile response, such as by disengaging a magnet from a magnetic focus lens that directs the magnetic field, moving an opposing magnet into contact with the magnetic focus lens that cancels the magnetic field and moving the magnet away from the ferromagnetic wheel.

Abstract: An earbud set includes a first earbud and second earbud that each include a speaker and a wireless radio wirelessly coupled to a companion information handling system. At least one of the first or second earbud includes a processor, a memory device, and a magnetometer. The earbud set may include a relative mapping system to determine an earbud fixed compass orientation a front-facing assigned alignment direction for the first earbud and the second earbud and determine an angular alignment difference between the earbud fixed compass orientation and a magnetic earth field compass direction of the companion information handling system. The relative mapping system to use wireless or ultrasonic signals to determine distance from the first and second earbud to the companion information handling system. The processor uses distance measurements and a difference between the distances to determine a distance and a direction to the companion information handling system.

Abstract: A usage profile based CO2 optimization system of an information handling system may comprise a processor to determine, using an ensemble machine-learning algorithm, rankings for user-disruptive static system configurations for a plurality of client information handling systems according to a level at which each user-disruptive static system configuration impacts carbon footprints of the client information handling systems, determine the first and second client information handling systems have matching values for a highest ranked user-disruptive static system configuration and mismatching values for an adjustable dynamic system configuration, determine the first client information handling system has a smaller carbon footprint than the second client information handling system, a network interface device to transmit a recommendation to the second client information handling system to adopt the value for the adjustable dynamic system configuration at the first client information handling system to decrease the

Abstract: A speakerphone includes a processor, a memory device, a power management unit, a first microphone to receive audio waves, a second microphone to receive audio waves, and a third microphone to receive audio waves. The speakerphone may also include a digital signal processor (DSP) to detect a single-user mode activated at the speakerphone, process the audio waves received by the first microphone, second microphone, and third microphone to determine the wave phases of the audio waves received by the first microphone, second microphone, and third microphone, calculate a direction of a voice of a single user relative to the speakerphone; and process the voice of the single user and filter other voices detected by the first microphone, second microphone, and third microphone from the user's voice.

Abstract: A companion device hub includes a hub processor, a hub memory device, and a hub power management unit (PMU). The companion device hub further includes a policy-based contextual system executed by the hub processor to prioritize the initialization of tasks on an information handling system operatively coupled to the companion device hub along with at least one peripheral device. The companion device hub also includes a task history generation system executed by the hub processor that captures contextual history data related to the tasks previously executed on the information handling system and, the policy based contextual system to select a load prioritization order based on the captured contextual history data to, during initialization of the information handling system, prioritize tasks based on the captured contextual history data.