System and method for motion gesture access to an application and limited resources of an information handling system

• US 10,013,547 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2017
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Aurongzeb, Deeder M., Quinn, Liam B., Schuckle, Richard W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Thiaw, Catherine B
• Application Number:
  US15/438,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20170161484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors

Abstract

An information handling system includes a processor that determines a first orientation from orientation sensors and a sensor hub for detecting a motion gesture. The processor is further activated from a sleep state by the motion gesture and the information handling system includes a limited, ad-hoc access system that permits ad-hoc access to limited user pre-set or context-based system resources in response to the sudden motion gesture.

Claims

1. An information handling system comprising:

a processor to determine a first orientation of the information handling system from a plurality of orientation sensors;

the processor determining a location of the information handling system;

a sensor hub to detect a motion gesture of the information handling system;

the processor activated from a sleep state by the motion gesture;

a limited, ad-hoc access system also activated by the same motion gesture to permit access, via the processor, to a security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources for the information handling system;

the processor executing a function via one of the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources and storing resulting data in a security-sequestered storage file; and

the processor restricting access to the resulting data in the security-sequestered storage file from the function via one of the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources and requiring further authorization for access to the data in the security-sequestered storage file via a display presenting a hard login screen.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor hub detects the motion gesture and measures a velocity of the information handling system, and wherein if the velocity exceeds a threshold level, the limited, ad-hoc access system permits access to the limited system resources.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein detecting the motion gesture includes measuring a sequence of motion directions with at least one motion direction reaching a threshold level of acceleration of the information handling system.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources includes a limited desktop.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources includes a preset number of most recently-used software application files.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a context engine to determine location and date for the information handling system,

wherein the limited, ad-hoc access system permits access, via the processor, to a set of the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources of the information handling system in response to the motion gesture and location of the information handling system determined by a context engine.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the limited, ad-hoc access system permits access, via the processor, to a first set of limited system resources of the information handling system in response to a recreational location; and

the limited, ad-hoc access system permits access, via the processor, to a second set of limited system resources of the information handling system in response to a work location.

8. A computer-implemented method of activating a security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources of an information handling system from a dormant state via a motion gesture comprising:

determining, via a processor executing instructions, a first orientation of the information handling system from a plurality of orientation sensors;

determining, via the processor, a calendar date;

detecting a motion gesture of the information handling system and activating the information handling system by the motion gesture;

permitting access, via a limited, ad-hoc access system also activated by the same motion gesture, to a security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources of the information handling system; and

executing a function via one of the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources for the information handling system and storing resulting data in a security-sequestered storage file; and

restricting access to the resulting data in the security-sequestered storage file from the function via one of the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources by requiring further authorization for access to the data in the security-sequestered storage file via a display presenting a hard login screen,

wherein the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources includes a limited desktop and security-sequestered storage file determined based on a calendar date by a context engine.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein detecting the motion gesture includes measuring the level of acceleration of the information handling system, and wherein if the sudden acceleration exceeds a threshold level, the limited, ad-hoc access system permits access to the limited system resources.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein detecting the motion gesture includes detecting a lift motion gesture of the information handling system via one or more information handling system orientation sensors to trigger access to the limited system resources.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining a location for the information handling system,

permitting access via the limited, ad-hoc access system to a set of the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources of the information handling system selected in response to the motion gesture, the calendar date, and the location of the information handling system determined by a context engine.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein permitting access to the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources includes limited access to a camera hardware system on the information handling system.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources includes a preset number of most recently used software application files.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

in response to expiration of a limit of time for access to the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources, presenting the hard login screen for full access to the information handling system.

15. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

the limited, ad-hoc access system permits access, via the processor, to a first set of limited system resources of the information handling system in response to a calendar date reflecting a weekend day; and

the limited, ad-hoc access system permits access, via the processor, to a second set of limited system resources of the information handling system in response to a calendar date reflecting a weekday.

16. An information handling system comprising:

a processor to determine a motion gesture of the information handling system from a plurality of orientation sensors via a sensor hub;

the processor to activate the information handling system from a sleep state by the motion gesture;

determining, via the processor, a calendar date, wherein a context engine determines whether the calendar date is a recreation date or a work date;

a limited, ad-hoc access system also activated by the same motion gesture to permit access to a security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources of the information handling system determined selected based on the calendar date determined by the context engine;

the processor executing a function via one of the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources and storing resulting data in a security-sequestered storage file; and

the processor restricting access to the resulting data in the security-sequestered storage file from the function via one of the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources by requiring further authorization for access to the data in the security-sequestered storage file via a display presenting a hard login screen.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the sensor hub detects the motion gesture by detecting a sequence selected from a plurality of movements, accelerations, or decelerations of the information handling system followed by a stop for a period of time.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the security-sequestered plurality of limited system resources includes a limited desktop and a plurality of selected software applications.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the further authorization includes a hard login event and upon gaining full access to the information handling system, provides a softkey shortcut to access the files stored in the security-sequestered storage file.

20. The system of claim 16, further comprising:

the limited, ad-hoc access system permits access, via the processor operating a context engine, to a first set of limited system resources of the information handling system in response to determining that the information handling system is located at a recreational location; and

the limited, ad-hoc access system permits access, via the processor operating a context engine, to a second set of limited system resources of the information handling system in response to determining that the information handling system is located at a work location.