Abstract: A wireless peripheral device includes a microcontroller, a memory device, and a peripheral device power management unit to provide power to the hardware processor and memory device.

Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to firmware updates for conference room devices. When there is a firmware problem for a conference room device that needs fixing, it may result in the conference room sitting unused until an end user submits a ticket to information technology (IT). The present disclosure proposes a more proactive approach. For instance, a user may bring a laptop to a conference room for a meeting that uses a meeting application. The laptop may detect the presence of peripherals in the conference room and, in response, iterate through the different peripherals and discover current firmware version and health status for the peripherals. The laptop may then report to an IT server, for each peripheral, 1) peripheral identifier, 2) firmware version, 3) health status, 4) meeting room location. The IT server may then determine if any firmware fixes should be applied.

Abstract: A wireless headset includes a microcontroller and a first earpiece and a second earpiece to provide audio output to a user. The wireless headset includes a flexible headband coupled to the first earpiece and second earpiece and a headband profile state sensor. The headband profile state sensor detects when the headset is in a headset un-worn headband gesture state and a worn headband gesture state by detecting a change in resistance value at a headband profile state sensor when a distance between the earpieces is increased and decreased thereby flexing the headband. A headband state circuit includes a comparator to detect a change in the resistance at the headband profile state sensor. The headband state circuit may be dynamically adjusted via bias gain used to ensure the headband state circuit is able to detect transitions between the headset un-worn headband gesture state and the headset worn headband gesture state.

Abstract: A mouse operatively coupled to an information handling system includes a mouse microcontroller, a mouse memory device to receive data describing display device pixel per inch (ppi) density values associated with a first and second video display device operatively coupled to the information handling system. The mouse microcontroller execute code instructions of a cursor tracking agent to track a location of a cursor, controlled by the movement of the mouse, across the first video display device and second video display device. Further, the mouse microcontroller execute code instructions of a monitor calibration agent to maintain cursor speed across the first video display device and the second video display device by adjusting mouse ppi values for the mouse cursor speed and switching between a first mouse ppi value to a second mouse ppi value when the cursor has crossed a display device boundary.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a hardware processor executing computer readable program code of a user presence detection system to detect interactions of a user with the information handling system to determine pairing priority. Further, the hardware processor executes computer readable program code of a pre-authorization security exchange system to communicate with a wireless peripheral device to receive or generate pre-authorization passcode entry information and to initiate a security exchange communication to authorize Bluetooth® (BT) pairing pending a user decision to accept the pairing to reduce pairing time. The pre-authorization security exchange system stores the pre-authorization passcode entry information in a memory device for authorization or for a later retry and, if authorized and pairing accepted, a wireless interface adapter will BT pair the information handling system and the wireless peripheral device.

Abstract: A headset which includes an earpiece; a flexible headband coupled to the earpiece, the flexible headband including a flex sensing component, the headband profile sensing component determining when the headset is in a headset un-used orientation and a headset used orientation; and, a smart power control system, the smart power control system performing a smart power control operation based upon whether the headset is in the headset un-used orientation or the headset used orientation.

Abstract: A monitor's OSD can be selectively controlled with a keyboard, mouse or other human interface device. A microcontroller of a keyboard, mouse or other human interface device can be configured to detect the occurrence of input representing an OSD command. In response, the microcontroller can commence sending input to the monitor rather than to the computing device so that the input can control the OSD. Similarly, a filter driver on the monitor can be configured to detect the occurrence of input representing the OSD command. In response, the filter driver can commence sending input to the monitor's scalar rather than to the computing device.