Methods, systems, and apparatus to reconfigure a computer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12430283-B2
Application number	US-202117558172-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2021
Priority date	Dec 21, 2021
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus to reconfigure a computer are disclosed. An example electronic device includes at least one memory, instructions in the electronic device, and processor circuitry to execute instructions to analyze data corresponding to a first configuration of the electronic device to detect a change associated with the electronic device, the first configuration corresponding to a respective first user profile, determine a second configuration of the electronic device based on the detected change, and adjust a configuration of the electronic device from the first configuration to the second configuration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
at least one memory;
machine-readable instructions; and
at least one programmable circuit to be programmed by the machine-readable instructions to:
analyze data corresponding to a first configuration of a computer system of the electronic device to detect a change in usage of the electronic device from a first user profile to a second user profile, the first configuration corresponding to the first user profile;
determine a second configuration for the computer system of the electronic device based on the detected change from the first user profile to the second user profile, the second user profile including a second workload, the second workload based on frequently used applications corresponding to the second user profile; and
adjust the computer system of the electronic device from the first configuration to the second configuration, the adjustment based on whether the second user profile is known by the electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the at least one programmable circuit is to generate the data corresponding to the first configuration by monitoring at least one of (a) the usage of the electronic device or (b) hardware utilized by the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first configuration includes a plurality of first configuration settings.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first user profile includes a first workload, one or more of the at least one programmable circuit is to generate the first workload based on frequently used applications corresponding to the first user profile.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the change in the usage of the electronic device is a first change associated with the electronic device, and one or more of the at least one programmable circuit is to detect a second change associated with the electronic device, the detected second change corresponding to a change in condition of a hardware component utilized by the electronic device.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein one or more of the at least one programmable circuit is to determine a third configuration for the computer system of the electronic device based on the condition of the hardware component of the electronic device that changed.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second user profile is known by the electronic device based on the second user profile including a system configuration model, one or more of the at least one programmable circuit is to adjust the computer system of the electronic device from the first configuration to the second configuration based on the system configuration model.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second user profile is not known by the electronic device, one or more of the at least one programmable circuit is to determine the second configuration by:
adjusting a setting of the first configuration to generate a third configuration;
determining performance of the electronic device based on the third configuration and the second workload; and
adjusting a setting of the third configuration based on the performance of the electronic device to generate the second configuration.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the at least one programmable circuit is to determine the second configuration for the computer system of the electronic device by executing an artificial intelligence model based on the second workload.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the at least one programmable circuit is to detect the change in the usage of the electronic device from the first user profile to the second user profile based on a change from a first usage type to a second usage type.

11. A method comprising:
analyzing data corresponding to a first configuration of a computer system of an electronic device to detect a change in usage of the electronic device from a first user profile to a second user profile, the first configuration corresponding to the first user profile;
determining, by executing instructions on at least one programmable circuit, a second configuration for the computer system of the electronic device based on the detected change from the first user profile to the second user profile, the second user profile including a second workload, the second workload based on frequently used applications corresponding to the second user profile; and
adjusting the computer system of the electronic device from the first configuration to the second configuration, the adjustment based on whether the second user profile is known by the electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the data corresponding to the first configuration is generated by monitoring at least one of (a) the usage of the electronic device or (b) hardware utilized by the electronic device.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first configuration includes a plurality of first settings.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first user profile includes a first workload, the first workload generated based on frequently used applications corresponding to the first user profile.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the detected change in the usage of the electronic device is a first change associated with the electronic device, and further including detecting a second change associated with the electronic device, the detected second change corresponding to a change in condition of a hardware component used by the electronic device.

16. The method of claim 15 , further including determining a third configuration for the computer system of the electronic device based on the changed condition of the hardware component used by the electronic device.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second user profile is known by the electronic device based on the second user profile including a system configuration model, and the adjusting of the computer system of the electronic device is based on the system configuration model.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second user profile is not known by the electronic device, and the determining of the second configuration includes:
adjusting a setting of the first configuration to generate a third configuration;
determining performance of the electronic device based on the third configuration and the second workload; and
adjusting a setting of the third configuration based on the performance of the electronic device to generate the second configuration.

19. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions to cause at least one processor circuit to at least:
analyze data corresponding to a first configuration of a computer system of an electronic device to detect a change in usage of the electronic device from a first user profile to a second user profile, the first configuration corresponding to the first user profile;
determine a second configuration for the computer system of the electronic device based on the detected change from the first user profile to the second user profile, the second user profile including a second workload, the second workload based on frequently used applications corresponding to the second user profile; and
adjust the computer system of the electronic device from the first configuration to the second configuration, the adjustment based on whether the second user profile is known by the electronic device.

20. The at least one non-transitory computer

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Zhu Jianfang
• Chen Ivan
• Cooper Barnes
• Dai Jianwei
• Dixon Martin
• Fleming Kristoffer
• Gallina Mark
• Glendinning Duncan
• Kirubakaran Deepak Samuel
• Kuo Chia-Hung S
• Li Yifan
• Norman Adam
• Rosenzweig Michael
• Wang Kai P
• Yan Jin
• Adsure Virendra Vikramsinh

Classifications

• G06F9/4411

  Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers · CPC title

• G06F9/4451 Primary

  User profiles; Roaming · CPC title

• G06F2201/81

  Threshold · CPC title

• G06F11/3089

  Monitoring arrangements determined by the means or processing involved in sensing the monitored data, e.g. interfaces, connectors, sensors, probes, agents (software debugging using additional hardware using a specific debug interface G06F11/3656; performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring G06F11/3466) · CPC title

• G06F11/3058

  Monitoring arrangements for monitoring environmental properties or parameters of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring of power, currents, temperature, humidity, position, vibrations (thermal management in cooling arrangements of a computing system G06F1/206) · CPC title