Abstract: Systems and methods described herein may provide a system that enables game play or other application sessions from a set of candidate game hosts and environments to consumption devices of a user's choice while the user moves about their home between the different environments. The system may employ methods to determine where a user is located within the home, availability and selection of candidate game hosting and target environments, homing and direction of related I/O and audio-visual (AV) content for consumption. The solution accommodates multiple users simultaneously within the home, whether in single player, multiplayer using the same screen, or multiplayer using separate screen games. The solution may configure AV and input/output (I/O) such that multiple users can consume one or multiple games in the home simultaneously, whether in separate locations or when seated together in front of the same consumption device.

Abstract: A user profile may be used to adjust one or more system power management settings of an information handling system. An information handling system may transmit one or more user profile credentials. The information handling system may receive user profile data and may compare the user profile data with one or more system characteristics of the information handling system. Based on the comparison of the user profile data with the system characteristics of the information handling system, the information handling system may adjust one or more power management settings of the information handling system.

Abstract: According to some aspects of this disclosure, an energy-harvesting button for a wireless gaming controller is disclosed. Such an apparatus may include a casing comprising a wire coil having a radius of a first value; a button frame comprising a magnet having a radius of a second value smaller than the first value; and a hinge attaching the button frame to the casing such that the magnet moves at least partially within the wire coil. The hinge is configured to move the magnet along an arc defined by the hinge, wherein the arc includes at least a first portion that extends within the wire coil and a second portion that extends outside the wire coil. Additional aspects and details are also disclosed.

Abstract: This disclosure is generally related to identifying relationships between users of a gaming hub device within a household and through those relationships identifying users that can provide assistance. For example, a method may include receiving, by a hub device from a first user device, first telemetry data associated with a first user during a first user session of a gaming application; receiving, by the hub device from a second user device, second telemetry data associated with a second user during a second user session of the gaming application; generating a recommendation for a gaming interaction between the first user and the second user based on a comparison of the first telemetry data and the second telemetry data; and transmitting the recommendation to a display device associated with at least one of the first user device or the second user device. Other aspects are also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein may provide a system that enables the monitoring and display of status information for a gaming controller, which may include battery status, location information, the availability of a gaming controller, or a user profile associated with the controller. The system may employ methods to associate a gaming controller with an information handling system (e.g., a mobile device) and with a gaming hub. The system may accommodate multiple gaming controllers and enable monitoring of status information for each of the gaming controllers.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein may provide a system that enables adjusting the settings of light sources on peripheral devices, such as gaming controllers, to calibrate the light output of the light sources within a dynamic gaming environment. In some aspects, calibrating the light sources may provide for more consistent color or brightness between different light sources on the gaming controller. Methods for performing automated light source calibration based on lighting in a gaming environment are described.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing wellness assistance to a user during a gaming session are disclosed. Telemetry data associated with a user is received, e.g., by an information handling system or hub device, during a gaming session for a gaming application. A wellness level of the user is monitored during the gaming session, based, at least in part, on the telemetry data. Upon determining, based on the monitoring, that the user needs wellness assistance during a portion of the gaming session, a wellness assistance session is initiated to provide the wellness assistance via at least one interface of a device associated with the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing assistance with a user's gaming performance are disclosed. Telemetry data associated with a user is received, e.g., by an information handling system or hub device, during a gaming session for a gaming application. A gaming performance of the user is monitored during the gaming session, based, at least in part, on the telemetry data. Based on the monitoring, it may be determined that the user needs assistance with at least one portion of the gaming application. Based on the determination, a gaming assistance session is initiated to provide the assistance via at least one interface of a device associated with the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein may provide a system that enables determining of room contours based on location tags and path information for paths traveled between the location tags. A computing device may receive identifiers for a plurality of location tags added to an environment and may receive path information for a plurality of paths between the plurality of location tags. The computing device may identify a plurality of room contours based on the path information and may determine, based on the plurality of room contours and at least one of the plurality of location tags, a display for use in a computing session.

Abstract: A directional pad for a controller can comprise an upper surface, a touch sensor, and a force sensor. The touch sensor can be configured to measure a position at which an electrically-conductive object touches the upper surface of the directional pad. The force sensor can be configured to measure a force exerted on the upper surface of the directional pad.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein include a testing apparatus on which a peripheral device may be secured in a predefined, consistent orientation. The peripheral device includes a UWB antenna on a first printed circuit board that is at an angle to a second printed circuit board including one or more positioning sensors. The testing apparatus includes multiple wireless respondents at predefined distances and orientations relative to the peripheral device secured to the testing apparatus. A computing device generates a calibration vector based on measured vectors from the first printed circuit board to the wireless respondents and predetermined vectors from the second printed circuit board to the wireless respondents. The calibration vector is used to calibrate a positioning algorithm of the peripheral device that determines a position and orientation of the peripheral device relative to the peripheral device's environment.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, devices, apparatuses, and methods of adjusting a center of gravity associated with a user device, such as a gaming controller. A movable weight may be moved to a first position associated with a first center of gravity of the user device and to a second position associated with a second center of gravity of the user device. The movable weight may be moved manually or automatically. The center of gravity may be adjusted based on a gameplay event or context or based on a user event or context. The user may receive feedback from an application via the user device.

Abstract: A file sharing method includes: transferring content information related to a to-be-shared file to an address mapping server; and the address mapping server providing an accessible address mapped to the to-be-shared file according to the content information. One advantage of using the above file sharing method is that the user who wants to share files does not need to apply network space and upload the files beforehand.

Abstract: The invention provides an automatic file saving method for a digital home appliance system. A storage position for saving a multimedia file is automatically selected based on collected information related to the multimedia files. In addition, the file size in the digital home appliance system also may be recorded, and when a limited file size is reached, the backup operation may be executed automatically.

Abstract: A telephone system integrated with an electronic device includes a mobile end and a base end. The mobile end includes a phone unit for generating voice data, a remote control unit for generating a control signal, and a first wireless communication unit coupled to the phone unit and the remote control unit, for wirelessly transmitting the voice data and a control command according to the control signal. The base end includes a second wireless communication unit for wirelessly receiving the voice data, a network unit coupled to the second wireless communication unit, for transmitting packets of the voice data through a network for establishing a communication connection between the phone unit and a destination, and a control unit coupled to the second wireless communication unit, for receiving the control command outputted from the first wireless communication unit through the second wireless communication unit for controlling the electronic device.