Patents by Inventor Jace W. Files

Jace W. Files has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11963244
    Abstract: An information handling system operating a 5G network slice hub service system may comprise a wireless wide area network (WWAN) interface device transceiving data with a radio access network (RAN) within a RAN network slice, a wireless local area network (WLAN) interface device transceiving data with an endpoint computing device, a processor instructing a software defined network (SDN) controller to route data transceived within a set of RAN network slices at the WWAN interface device to be extended via a subset of radio frequencies designated for one or more endpoint device at the WLAN interface device by the SDN controller to the one or more endpoint devices, and routing data on the extended RAN network slice between the endpoint device and the WWAN interface device interfacing with the RAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS LP
    Inventors: Anantha K. Boyapalle, Liam B. Quinn, Jace W. Files
  • Publication number: 20240095614
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for an information technology (IT) ecosystem management and monitoring operation. The IT ecosystem management and monitoring operation includes: providing a sustainability application to an information handling system, the information handling system comprising a modular component architecture; obtaining sustainability information regarding a component of the information handling system via the sustainability application; providing an IT ecosystem monitoring and management console, the IT ecosystem monitoring and management console comprising an IT ecosystem sustainability system, the IT ecosystem sustainability system comprising a sustainability component; and, communicating between the sustainability component and the sustainability application to perform an IT environment sustainability operation, the communicating providing the sustainability component with the sustainability information regarding the component of the information handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Robinette, Karthik Suryanarayanan, David O. Garner, John T. Morrison, Preeth Srinivasan, Jace W. Files, Jaegeon Park, Alexis Perkins
  • Publication number: 20240097989
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for an information technology (IT) ecosystem management and monitoring operation. The IT ecosystem management and monitoring operation includes: executing a sustainability application on a hardware processor of an information handling system; providing an IT ecosystem monitoring and management console, the IT ecosystem monitoring and management console comprising an IT ecosystem sustainability system, the IT ecosystem sustainability system comprising a sustainability component; and, communicating between the sustainability component and the sustainability application to perform an IT environment sustainability operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Robinette, David O. Garner, John T. Morrison, Preeth K. Srinivasan, Jace W. Files, Karthik Suryanarayanan, Jaegeon Park, Alexis Perkins
  • Patent number: 11922088
    Abstract: An information handling system includes adjacent displays connected by a hinge. A processor renders a first image on the first display, renders a second image on the second display, and receives data representing a misalignment between the first display and the second display. The data is implemented to compensate for the misalignment between the first display and the second display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Preeth K. Srinivasan, Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison
  • Patent number: 11915207
    Abstract: A portable information handling system modular hybrid architecture separates components between rotationally coupled housing portions to minimize cabling, connectors and materials, and to provide improved durability that supports recycling and reuse of the components. For example, a plurality of display configurations couple to housing portions of different dimensions with opposing couplers and a common keystone element that, when installed, prevents separation of the opposing couplers. Removal of the keystone element provides ready access to the housing portion interior to recycle processing components, such as a main board having a processor and memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison, Andrew P. Tosh
  • Patent number: 11914428
    Abstract: A portable information handling system is assembled and disassembled by a keystone assembly that couples at an upper surface of the portable housing to overlap a keyboard assembly that covers processing components disposed in the portable housing. The keyboard assembly includes a membrane having plural input sensors and a capacitive touch sensor that accepts touchpad inputs through a palm rest coupled over the capacitive touch sensor. The palm rest couples to a housing cover support surface over the capacitive touch sensor with an electrically activated adhesive that is released by application of a current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison, Jheng-Ting Ye
  • Patent number: 11907042
    Abstract: A portable information handling system modular hybrid architecture separates components between rotationally coupled housing portions to minimize cabling, connectors and materials, and to provide improved durability that supports recycling and reuse of the components. A single cable between the housing portions provides power and data communications for the components. A battery in a first housing portion interfaces with a secondary board having a charger and embedded controller that cooperate to provide power at a native battery voltage to a main board of a second housing portion through the cable. A switched-capacitor voltage regulator coupled to the main board reduces the power to a system voltage with a selectable divider ratio that is set based upon the measured battery voltage applied at the main board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison, Andrew P. Tosh
  • Patent number: 11893163
    Abstract: A portable information handling system includes a physical keyboard that extends and retracts from within the system to outside of the system and a display that presents a virtual keyboard that moves synchronously with physical keyboard during retraction and extension. For example, as keys of the physical keyboard become visible or hidden by movement of the physical keyboard, the virtual keyboard slides across the display so that virtual keys are hidden or visible with the virtual keyboard in one example embodiment only showing virtual keys corresponding to hidden physical keys. In another example embodiment, the virtual keyboard accepts key inputs for hidden physical keys, which are disabled from accepting inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Travis C. North, Jace W. Files, Yongook Guack, John Trevor Morrison
  • Patent number: 11836314
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to determine a plurality of input areas of a touchpad associated with a computing device. The touchpad is associated with a sensitivity setting that indicates a first sensitivity for a first input area of the touchpad and that further indicates a second sensitivity for a second input area of the touchpad that is different than the first input area. The one or more processors are further configured to receive user input from a user input device associated with the computing device. The one or more processors are further configured to change the sensitivity setting based on the user input. Changing the sensitivity setting includes reducing the first sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Chiu-Jung Tsen, Hsu Feng Lee, Jace W. Files
  • Patent number: 11832069
    Abstract: A portable information handling system is assembled and disassembled by a keystone assembly that couples at an upper surface of the portable housing to overlap a keyboard assembly that covers processing components disposed in the portable housing. The keyboard assembly includes a membrane that has contact switches to detect key input presses and is supported by a housing cover that extends members into a housing interior to hold components in position, such as a speaker. The speaker has spring-biased connection pins with a dampener at the speaker housing to dampen vibrations. Contact pads extending from the keyboard membrane communicate speaker signals to the speaker to play audible sounds though the spring-biased connection pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: John Trevor Morrison, Jace W. Files, Chiu-Jung Tsen
  • Patent number: 11831188
    Abstract: A cart to store a plurality of mobile computing devices includes a plurality of slots defined by opposed plates. Each of the slots is configured to accept a corresponding mobile computing device. A first slot is defined by first and second plates, and a second slot is defined by the second plate and a third plate. The second plate includes a first transmit coil for wirelessly transmitting power to a first receive coil in a first mobile computing device within the first slot, and to a second receive coil in a second mobile computing device within the second slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, Vinh Xuan Bui
  • Patent number: 11829223
    Abstract: End users subscribe to use information handling systems having a selected of available performance characteristics defined by a battery configuration selected to build the information handling systems. A manufacturer meets subscriptions with information handling systems built from an inventory of new main batteries, deployed batteries of information handling system in use by subscribers, and separated batteries taken from returned information handling systems and re-used. End user subscriptions are met in part by building replacement information handling systems with separated batteries having a useful life remaining that aligns with end user battery usage patterns tracked over time, benchmarked performance metrics and end user subscription performance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: John Trevor Morrison, Jace W. Files, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
  • Patent number: 11825678
    Abstract: A portable information handling system presents visual images in a tablet configuration having a housing in a closed position by passing the visual images through a switchable film having a transparent state and out an upper surface of housing. The housing opens to a clamshell configuration to expose the display at the inner housing surface and presents display visual images against an opaque state of the switchable film. A graphics processor or timing controller adjusts the visual image orientation based upon whether the display is viewed from the inner surface or outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison
  • Patent number: 11818662
    Abstract: A mobile information handling system comprising a plurality of wireless network interface modules, a wireless network interface control system for controlling the plurality of wireless network interface modules, and a processor executing instructions of a wireless utilization machine learning inference modulator to receive iterative wireless utilization profiles indicating aggregated time and location profiles of wireless network utilization parameters and user configuration states of the information handling system for data needs including applications and hardware usage levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Abu S. Sanaullah, Liam B. Quinn, Jace W. Files
  • Patent number: 11757986
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for implementing an intelligent network of distributed compute nodes are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes processing information pertaining to multiple compute nodes within a network of distributed compute nodes; mapping available compute nodes, within the network, having compute capabilities and bandwidth capabilities for executing compute tasks onto dedicated portions of the network; processing information pertaining to at least one compute task requested within the network, including determining at least bandwidth requirements for the compute task and latency requirements for the compute task; and performing, based on the mapping and the processed information pertaining to the compute task, at least one automated action pertaining to allocating at least a portion of the compute task to at least one of the available compute nodes within the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Sathish K. Bikumala, Jace W. Files
  • Patent number: 11740707
    Abstract: A portable information handling system is assembled and disassembled by a keystone assembly that couples at an upper surface of the portable housing to overlap a keyboard assembly that covers processing components disposed in the portable housing. The keyboard assembly includes a membrane having plural input sensors and a capacitive touch sensor that interface with a communications hub, such as a USB communications hub coupled to the membrane, that communicates both the keyboard inputs and touchpad inputs to a motherboard through first and second contacts that support a differential serial pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison, Jheng-Ting Ye, Hsu-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11740218
    Abstract: A sensor measures an environmental factor in an ambient environment immediately surrounding an information handling system. A processor determines that the information handling system is in a first location, provides a first sampling frequency of the sensor based upon the first location, determines that the information handling system is in a second location, and provides a second sampling frequency of the sensor based upon the second location. The first sampling frequency is different from the second sampling frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: James D. Trim, Jace W. Files, John T. Morrison, Sajjad Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11735383
    Abstract: A keyboard integrates a backlight that illuminates keyboard keys with light passing from an edge of the keyboard and along each of plural rows of keys through plural lightguides, each of the plural lightguides disposed under one row of keys. A light source located at the edge of the keyboard membrane provides illumination to the plural lightguides with individual control per row of keys for improved light transmission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison
  • Patent number: 11733742
    Abstract: A portable information handling system integrates an audio speaker having a speaker chamber with an adjustable volume so that audio output from the audio speaker is adapted based upon the selected audio chamber volume. For instance, the audio speaker has two housing portions sealed with a gasket that slide relative to each other change an audio chamber volume within which a transducer generates audible sounds, such as bass. The audio chamber volume may adjust based upon the information handling system housing rotational orientation, the type of audio played at the audible speaker, or other conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Travis C. North, Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison
  • Patent number: 11736809
    Abstract: A method for adjusting illumination of a user operating an information handling system may include capturing an image of the user's face using a camera at the information handling system. The method may further include determining lighting characteristics of the user's face based on the captured image. A border to be displayed surrounding a video image can be generated based on the determined lighting characteristics. The video image and the border can be displayed at a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison