Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information Handling System (IHS) includes a workspace orchestration service that is executed to manage deployment of workspaces on the IHS having computer-executable instructions to, for each of a plurality of workspaces instantiated on the IHS, communicate with the workspace to receive application parameters associated with an application configured in the workspace, and store the application parameters at a specified location. The instructions further identify at least one of the application parameters that is to be modified using an IHS management process, and communicate with the workspace to send information associated with the at least one application parameter to the workspace, wherein the workspace is executed to modify the application according to the at least one application parameter. The IHS management process accesses the one or more application parameters from the specified location; using an IHS management process.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for audio session management for workspaces operating on an Information Handling System (IHS), where the workspaces utilize virtualization to operate in isolation from a portion of the hardware and software of the IHS. Audio capabilities of the IHS are registered with a remote workspace orchestration service that manages deployment of workspaces on the IHS. A workspace is instantiated on the IHS according to a workspace definition provided by the orchestration service that also provides a handle for operating the audio capabilities of the IHS on behalf of the first workspace. An audio context is determined based on utilization of the workspaces operating on the IHS. The handle is utilized for modifying audio settings of the first workspace based on the audio context. The handle is also utilized for operating the audio capabilities of the IHS based on user inputs to the plurality of workspaces.

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, instantiate a first workspace comprising a cache database, the first workspace being instantiated with a first interface that is configured to communicate with a second interface configured in a second workspace administered by the workspace orchestration system. The cache database being accessed by the second workspace using the first interface.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for management of processor thread used in support of workspaces operating on an IHS (Information Handling System), 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. A remote access controller of the IHS determine one or more processor threads of the IHS used in support of the workspaces. The remote access controller monitors memory utilization by the processor threads used in support of the workspaces in order to detect memory thrashing resulting from the operation of a particular workspace. Based on the monitored memory utilization, the processor threads used in support of the workspaces are modified in order to reduce memory thrashing during the operation of the workspaces.

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: 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: 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: An information handling system includes a first wireless data communication interface configured to establish wireless data communication links on a first frequency band, a second wireless data communication interface configured to establish wireless data communication links on a second frequency band, and a processor. The processor establishes a first data communication link on the first wireless data communication interface with an access point external to the information handling system, determines a first link characteristic for the first data communication link, establishes a second data communication link on the second wireless data communication interface with the access point, determines a second link characteristic for the second data communication link, selects one of the first and second data communication links based on the first and second link characteristics, and maintains the selected one of the first or second data communication links based upon the selection.

Abstract: An information handling system executing a multimedia multi-user collaboration application (MMCA) may include a memory; a power management unit; a camera to capture video of a user participating in a video conference session; a processor configured to execute code instructions of a trained intelligent collaboration contextual session management system (ICCSMS) neural network to receive as inputs: the type of AV processing instruction modules enabled descriptive of how to visually transform a video frame during a video conference session executed by a multimedia multi-user collaboration application; and sensor data from a plurality of sensors including an ambient light sensor to detect ambient light around a participant of the video conference session and a color senser to detect color vectors in the video frame; the processor applies AV processing instruction adjustments to the enabled AV processing instruction modules received as output from the trained ICC SMS machine learning module to adjust the lighting

Abstract: A processor determines whether an information handling system is in a first state and directs a wireless data communication interface to provide a first connection beacon at a first rate based upon the information handling system being in the first state. The processor further determines whether the information handling system is in a second state and directs the first wireless data communication interface to provide the first connection beacon at a second rate based upon the information handling system being in the second state.

Abstract: An information handling system executing a multimedia multi-user collaboration application (MMCA) may include a memory; a power management unit; a video camera to capture video of a user participating in a video conference session conducted by a processor executing code instructions of the MMCA via a first network link on a network interface device; a time-of-flight (TOF) sensor to provide distance data descriptive of the distance between a user's body and the video camera; the processor configured to execute a video frame user presence detection system to: slice a video frame into a plurality of video frame slices; based on the distance data, create a human object presence (HOP) heat map to assign a probability of the presence of the user's body within each video frame slice of the video frame; the processor configured to select, among the plurality of video frame slices, those video frame slices with an assigned probability of presence of the user's body that exceeds a threshold probability as a HOP video f

Abstract: A user's meeting can be managed across multiple client computing devices. A client service can be employed on client computing devices that a user may use to participate in meetings. The client services can interface with a web service to enable the web service to manage the user's meetings when the user may use multiple client computing devices during the meeting. This management can include switching the meeting from one client computing device to another based on context or managing the peripherals available at multiple client computing devices that the user may simultaneously use to participate in the meeting.

Abstract: A system or method executing an intelligent appearance 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 and the processor to input videoframe data, including the detected user's image, into a trained neural network of the intelligent appearance monitoring management system to generate optimized appearance filtering adjustments indicating detection of a user appearance anomaly in the user's image or altering a user's image in the captured videoframes in response to the user appearance anomaly and prepare those videoframes for transmission.

Abstract: Systems and methods support workspaces operating on an Information Handling System (IHS), where the workspaces utilize virtualization to operate in isolation from a portion of the hardware and software of the IHS. Resources of the IHS that are available for use by workspaces are registered with an orchestration service that is remote from the IHS and that manages deployment of workspaces on the IHS. A workspace is instantiated on the IHS according to a workspace definition provided by the orchestration service. The orchestration service also provides a handle that allows the workspace to access a particular resource of the IHS, where the handle includes an interface supported by an embedded controller of the IHS for providing access to the IHS resource. The workspace invokes the IHS resource using an interface provided in the handle. The handle thus provides a communication mechanism for workspaces to utilize local resources of the IHS.

Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling scaled user authentication in modern workspaces 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, by an IHS authentication service, a user authentication request generated by an application within a given one of a plurality of workspaces instantiated via a local management agent; identify, in response to the user authentication request and based upon context information, an authentication token stipulated by an authentication policy; in response to the identification, at least one of: (i) retrieve the authentication token via a secure storage authentication module, or (ii) obtain and validate an authorization credential from a user and produce the authentication token in response to the validation; and transmit the authentication token to the given workspace.

Abstract: An intelligent video processing management method may comprise joining a videoconference session with multiple participants via a multimedia multi-user collaboration application, detecting a current central processing unit (CPU) consumption by the multimedia multi-user collaboration application and a current MMCA processor setting, associating each of the participants with an organizational ranking relative to the purpose of the videoconference session, inputting sensor data including the participant's organizational rankings, the current CPU consumption by the multimedia multi-user collaboration application, and the current MMCA processor setting to a trained neural network, outputting from the neural network an optimized boundary detection algorithm selection instruction predicted to adjust performance of the information handling system to meet a preset performance benchmark requirement, during the videoconference session, and applying a virtual background around a boundary of a user of the information hand

Abstract: Systems and methods for utilizing network hints to configure the operation of modern workspaces 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, by a network performance service, a network configuration policy; determine, by the network performance service, one or more characteristics of network traffic generated by a selected one of a plurality of workspaces instantiated via a local management agent; receive, by the network performance service, one or more traffic hints; and execute a responsive action prescribed in the network configuration policy based, at least in part, upon: (i) the one or more characteristics of network traffic, and (ii) the one or more traffic hints.

Abstract: Modern Standby is enabled for unsupported applications. An enabler driver can be included on a system that supports Modern Standby and can be configured to detect when applications are loaded on the system. When an unsupported application is loaded, the enabler driver can interface with an enabler service to determine whether the unsupported application is Modern Standby capable. If so, the enabler driver can add the unsupported application to a throttle job object that the operating system uses to determine which applications should remain active during Modern Standby. In instances where an application is deployed in a container, an enabler container service can be leveraged to determine whether the containerized application is Modern Standby capable. If so, the enabler driver can add the container to the throttle job object.

Abstract: An information handling system manages operation of an infrared time of flight sensor to provide accurate and timely user presence and absence detection through modulation in the frequency domain of infrared light, such as by hopping or multiplexing through plural infrared frequencies sensed by the time of flight sensor. An application of the information handling system retrieves calibration information from the infrared time of flight sensor and applies the calibration information to select the plural infrared frequencies. If one or more predetermined conditions, such as a change in ambient light characteristics, the application commands an update of the calibration information to enhance user presence and absence detection.

Abstract: A method for scaling (or adaptively distributing) compute resource consuming responsibilities amongst multiple participants of any given collaboration solution session. Specifically, the disclosed method analyzes mesh networking pertinent state (or changes thereof), associated with the various participants, using multi-user constrained optimization to produce mesh network configurations (or adjustments thereto). A mesh network configuration, subsequently, outlines a set of adaptive compute operations, pertinent to the management of a given collaboration solution session, which may be optimally distributed across the various participants based on their current state and user-imposed resource or capability budgets (if any).