Abstract: Systems and methods for providing seamless switching of audio and/or video devices for collaboration applications are described. In an embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive, during a collaboration session facilitated by a collaboration application, an indication of an event, where the collaboration application is configured to receive audio or video data from an audio or video device via a device handle; and in response to the event, map a different audio or video device to the device handle, where the collaboration application is configured to receive additional audio or video data from the different audio or video device via the device handle.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a workspace Root-of-Trust (RoT) are described. In an embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to receive a digital certificate from each of a plurality of peripheral devices coupled to the IHS in a workspace and combine at least portions of the digital certificates to create a workspace certificate unique to the workspace.

Abstract: A system or method executing an intelligent videoframe privacy monitoring management system comprising a processor to execute code instructions of a multimedia multi-user collaboration application to join a videoconference session, a display screen, a speaker, a video camera, and a microphone where the video camera captures a videoframe of a user or background to be transmitted in the videoconference session and the processor to determine from input videoframe data and the detected sensor distance data of the user or the objects or inputting these into the intelligent videoframe privacy monitoring management system to generate optimized videoframe privacy adjustments to apply a privacy alteration to captured videoframes when the user is detected as absent, other faces, or background movement is detected.

Abstract: Managing audio devices of an information handling system (IHS), including: performing initialization of audio-scenario database table, including: configuring, for audio scenarios at an IHS, an associated audio device, each audio device associated with an audio ID that uniquely identifies the audio device; generating the audio-scenario database table that indicates, for each audio scenario, an associated audio device ID of the audio device for the audio scenario; performing a steady-state monitoring of the IHS, including: identifying an initialization of a particular audio scenario, and in response, identifying active audio devices with respect to the IHS; comparing the audio ID of each of the active audio devices with the audio-scenario database table; matching, based on the comparing, a particular audio ID of a particular active audio device of the active audio devices with the audio-scenario database table; enabling, based on the matching, the particular active audio device for the particular audio scenario

Abstract: Systems and systems and methods for managing neighbor awareness networking (NAN) technologies for intelligent connectivity are described. In an embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: determine that an intelligent connectivity rule is satisfied by context information collected by the IHS, and, in response to the determination, change the discovery state of a NAN-Aware engine.

Abstract: In the provided platform framework, participants issue requests for registration as members of namespaces supported by the platform framework, where the namespace is a capability of an IHS (Information Handling System) that will be provided by the participant using hardware of the IHS. The platform framework generates an entry in a manifest in response to a participant's registration, wherein the manifest entry identifies a participant as registered within a particular namespace. The platform framework receives, from an operating system application of the IHS, a request for participants registered within one or more namespaces. The platform framework provides the requesting operating system application with an identity of one or more participants that are registered within the first namespace. The requesting operating system application may then choose from registered participants that provide access to platform framework resources that are available for use within a particular namespace.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing continuity of audio and/or video (A/V) presets across different contexts are described. In an embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS), may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: identify a first audio or video setting used by a first audio or video device in a first context; normalize the first audio or video setting into a normalized setting; in response to a determination that the IHS is in a second context, translate the normalized setting into a second audio or video setting; and apply the second audio or video setting to a second audio or video device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-loading applications with a constrained memory budget and prioritizing the applications based on contextual information are described. An Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: collect user context information and system context information, detect a triggering event based upon the user context information and the system context information, identify a memory budget for pre-loading one or more applications, and select the one or more applications with one or more settings configured to maintain a memory usage for the pre-loading below the memory budget.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) includes executable instructions for receiving a request to execute an application that has been deployed in the workspace by a workspace that has been instantiated on the IHS. In response, the instructions communicate with the IHS to obtain a license entity associated with the application, and execute the application in the workspace according to the obtained license entity associated with the application.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a memory device, a memory, a chipset, and a basic input/output system (BIOS). The chipset includes a main processor and a hybrid processor. During a first pre-boot phase, the BIOS memory maps the hybrid processor to a first portion of the memory device, and stores an embedded operating system in the memory. During a second pre-boot phase, the BIOS memory maps the main processor to a second portion of the memory device, stores a host operating system in the memory, and loads the embedded operating system on the hybrid processor. The second portion is a larger portion of the memory device than the first portion.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for managing an Information Handling System (IHS) using a workspace orchestration system are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an IHS may include computer-executable instructions to, upon a request to instantiate a workspace on the IHS, receive a user identity of a user of the workspace. Using the user identity of the user, the instructions may further cause the IHS to obtain, from a database, one or more policies associated with the user, and instantiate the workspace using the obtained policies. The policies identify one or more applications to be implemented in the workspace, application settings to be applied to each of the applications, or workspace settings to be applied to the workspace.

Abstract: An information handling system operating a dock assisted dual-band simultaneous (DBS) communication diversity system may comprise a processor to identify a plurality of latency—sensitive software applications currently executing at the processor, and to identify an optimized wireless link configuration dedicating each of a plurality of optimized links between the information handling system and a network access point (AP), or between the information handling system and a docking station to electronic communications transceived pursuant to execution of one of the plurality of software applications prioritizing minimized latency, and a network interface device transceiving data via a plurality of optimized links with the AP and the docking station according to the optimized wireless link configuration, wherein the plurality of optimized links includes at least one optimized wireless link to the AP to decrease a number of wireless hops required to transceive packets from the information handling system to the AP

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for platform framework telemetry are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive telemetry data at a telemetry service from at least one producer registered with a platform framework via an Application Programming Interface (API); receive a request for at least a subset of the telemetry data from a consumer registered with the platform framework via the API; and transmit the subset of the telemetry data to the consumer.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for consolidation of IHS (Information Handling System) resources utilized by workspaces operating on the IHS, where the workspaces operate in isolation from the operating system of the IHS. A remote workspace orchestration service manages deployment of workspaces on the IHS. The workspaces are instantiated and operate according to a workspace definition provided by the workspace orchestration service. An embedded controller of the IHS registers a resource consolidation function of the IHS with the workspace orchestration service, which notifies the workspaces of the resource consolidation function. Based on the workspace definitions, redundant IHS resources utilized by the workspaces are identified. The resource consolidation function is notified of the redundant IHS resources.

Abstract: Workspace continuity can be provided. When a user connects a user computing device to peripherals to form a workspace, a configuration for the workspace can be selected and automatically applied to the workspace. The configuration can be selected based on identifiers of the user, a user computing device, and the workspace.

Abstract: A container mode can be dynamically selected when an application is launched on an end user computing device. When an application is deployed to the end user computing device, a container configurator can collect information about the application and share it with a machine learning solution to receive an application score for the application. When the application is launched on the end user computing device, the container configurator can provide the application score, capabilities of the end user computing device, current resource utilization and admin preferences to the machine learning solution. The machine learning solution can then dynamically select a container mode based on this information and provide the selection to the container configurator. The container configurator can then cause the application to be launched within a container that matches the selected container mode.

Abstract: A computing device's performance can be dynamically tuned for a containerized application. A dynamic tuning solution can be configured to identify target applications that are running in workspaces implemented using containers, including when a target application is moved between workspaces and when a workspace's context is changed. The dynamic tuning solution can create mappings between identifiers of the container and a performance level associated with the target applications. A driver can then use these mappings to ensure that the computing device is dynamically tuned to the performance level associated with the target application when the container hosting the target application is active. The dynamic tuning solution can also reconcile discrepancies between a performance level associated with a target application and a performance level associated with a workspace in which the target application is containerized.

Abstract: Distributing video processing tasks, including: detecting an event condition at the information handling system, and in response: identifying a video processing task associated with the event condition; identifying contextual information associated with contextual inputs to the information handling system; identifying a particular configuration rule based on i) the video processing task, ii) the contextual information, iii) the computing capabilities of the first video processing computing module, and iv) the computing capabilities of the second video processing computing module, wherein each of the plurality of configuration rules indicates a processing configuration of the first video processing computing module and the second video processing computing module; applying the particular configuration rule to the first video processing module and the second video processing module; offloading, based on the particular configuration rule, the video processing task by the second video processing computing module

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for providing connectivity between Information Handling Systems (IHSs) and Human Interface Devices (HIDs) in shared workspaces are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an IHS may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: determine that the IHS is located in a shared workspace and, in response to the determination, establish an encrypted wireless communication session with a peripheral device assigned to the shared workspace without a pairing process between the peripheral device and the IHS.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for selecting and configuring grouped peripherals in shared workspaces are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an IHS may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: group a plurality of devices available during a shared workspace session into a plurality of groups; transmit, to a remote service: (a) an indication of a performance metric, and (b) an indication of the plurality of groups; and receive, from the remote service, a selection of one device in each of the plurality of groups for use during the shared workspace session based, at least in part, upon the performance metric.