IP Library Granted Patent US 10,789,077
Granted Patent B2
US 10,789,077 · App. 16/105,474 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Device setting configuration

Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC); Aaron Michael Stewart (Raleigh, NC); Joshua Neil Novak (Wake Forest, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F9/4451G06F9/4401
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Patent No.
US 10,789,077
App. No.
16/105,474
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using a processor of an information handling device, a presence of at least one other device; requesting, from the at least one other device, configuration information; receiving, at the information handling device, the configuration information; and configuring, responsive to the receiving, one or more settings on the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (40)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at an information handling device, a request to access a user profile;

identifying, using a processor of the information handling device, a presence of at least one other device;

determining, using a processor and without additional user input, which of the at least one other device contains configuration information, wherein the configuration information is associated with login information to the user profile and wherein the determining comprises receiving, from at least a subset of the at least one other device, an indication of knowledge of the configuration information;

requesting, from the at least the subset, the configuration information, wherein the requesting comprises requesting the configuration information from the at least one other device determined to be within a predetermined threshold; and

receiving, from the at least the subset and at the information handling device, the configuration information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuring the one or more settings comprises accessing the user profile responsive to receiving the login information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user profile is associated with at least one of an application and a device.

4. An information handling device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

receive a request to access a user profile;

identify a presence of at least one other device;

determine, without additional user input, which of the at least one other device contains configuration information, wherein the configuration information is associated with login information to the user profile and wherein the determining comprises receiving, from at least a subset of the at least one other device, an indication of knowledge of the configuration information;

request, from the at least the subset, the configuration information, wherein the requesting comprises requesting the configuration information from the at least one other device determined to be within a predetermined threshold; and

receive, from the at least the subset and at the information handling device, the configuration information.

5. The information handling device of claim 4 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to configure the one or more settings comprise instructions executable by the processor to access the user profile responsive to receiving the login information.

6. A method, comprising:

identifying, using a processor of an information handling device, a presence of at least one other device;

determining, using a processor and without additional user input, which of the at least one other device contains configuration information, wherein the determining comprises receiving, from at least a subset of the least one other device, an indication of knowledge of the configuration information;

requesting, from at least a subset, the configuration information, wherein the requesting comprises requesting the configuration information from the at least one other device determined to be within a predetermined threshold;

receiving, from the at least the subset and at the information handling device, the configuration information; and

configuring, responsive to the receiving, one or more settings on the information handling device.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the receiving comprises receiving the configuration information determined to be most common across a predetermined number of the at least one other device.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising receiving, after the configuring, updated configuration information responsive to identifying that settings on the at least one other device have changed.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising receiving context data associated with a user of the at least one other device.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the configuring comprises configuring the one or more settings using the context data.

11. The method of claim 6 , wherein the configuring comprises configuring without receiving additional user-provided configuration input.

12. An information handling device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

identify a presence of at least one other device;

determine, without additional user input, which of the at least one other device contains configuration information, wherein the configuration information is associated with device setting data and wherein the determining comprises receiving, from at least a subset of the at least one other device, an indication of knowledge of the configuration information;

request, from the at least the subset, the configuration information, wherein the requesting comprises requesting the configuration information from the at least one other device determined to be within a predetermined threshold;

receive, from the at least the subset, the configuration information; and

configure, responsive to the receiving, one or more settings on the information handling device.

13. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to receive comprise instructions executable by the processor to receive the configuration information determined to be most common across a predetermined number of the at least one other devices.

14. The information handling device of claim 13 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to configure comprise instructions executable by the processor to configure the one or more settings using the context data.

15. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to receive context data associated with a user of the at least one other device.

16. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to configure comprise instructions executable by the processor to configure without receiving additional user-provided configuration input.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2022
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060651/0634 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2018
From: VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT; STEWART, AARON MICHAEL; NOVAK, JOSHUA NEIL
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 047199/0717 →
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