SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENABLING RESOURCES WITHIN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM

• US 20090222832A1
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Published: 09/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Sultenfuss, Andrew T.
• Application Number:
  US12/039,872
• Publication Number:
  US 20090222832A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5005 to service a request

Abstract

A system and method of enabling resources within an information handling system is disclosed. In one form, an information handling system can include an event detection module operable to detect user initiated events and non-user initiated events. The information handling system can also include a resource allocation module coupled to the event detection module. In one form, the resource allocation module can be operable to map a first detected event to a first operating state of a first processing system. The information processing system can also include a second processing system responsive to the resource allocation module and operable to access a shared resource of the first processing system. The resource allocation module can be configured to initiate an outputting of information intended to be output by the second processing system using a shared resource of the first processing system.

Claims

1. An information handling system comprising:

an event detection module operable to detect a user initiated event and a non-user initiated event;

a resource allocation module coupled to the event detection module, the resource allocation module operable to map a first detected event to a first operating state of a first processing system;

a second processing system responsive to the resource allocation module and operable to access a shared resource of the first processing system; and

wherein the resource allocation module is configured to initiate an outputting of information intended to be output by the second processing system using a shared resource of the first processing system.

2. The information handling system of claim 1, further comprising:

a first resource profile accessible by the resource allocation module, wherein the first resource profile is operable to identify a first set of resources of the first processing system to be used by the second processing system;

wherein the resource allocation module is further configured to determine an output format to output the information; and

wherein the second processing system is further configured to format the information to output using the first set of resources of the first processing system.

3. The information handling system of claim 2, further comprising:

a communication module of the first processing system operable to communicate messages; and

wherein the communication module includes a second processor accessible to the second processing system.

4. The information handling system of claim 3, further comprising:

wherein the second processor is configured to employ the event detection module operable to detect a messaging event; and

wherein the resource allocation module is configured to;

determine a first set of resources the first processing system operable to output a message in response to the detected messaging event;

determine a second set of resources of the second processing system to process the message; and

enable access to the first set of resources;

enable access to the second set of resources; and

process the detected message event using the first set of resources and the second set of resources to output the message via the first processing system.

5. The information handling system of claim 4, further comprising:

a BIOS accessible to the first processing system, the BIOS operable to be used to initiate use of the first set of resources; and

a BIOS accessible to the second processing system to be used to initiate use of the second set of resources.

6. The information handling system of claim 4, further comprising:

wherein the second set of resources includes a low resolution video translation module operable to determine a display resolution value of a display of the first processing system; and

wherein the low resolution video translator translation module is further operable to format the information to display within the display.

7. The information handling system of claim 1, further comprising a display including a memory storing a display resolution reference accessible to the first processing system and the second processing system.

8. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the resource allocation module is configured to initiate enabling the first processing system resources and the second processing system resources.

9. The information handling system of claim 1, further comprising:

a first power system responsive to a first power profile operable to initiate a powering of the shared resource of the first processing system; and

a second power system responsive to the first power profile, the second power system operable to initiate a powering of a second processing system resource.

10. The information handling system of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein the second processing system further includes a host processor operable to access a BIOS of the first information handling system; and

wherein the host processor is stored within a communication module of the first processing system.

11. The information handling system of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein the second processing system is operable to initiate activation a messaging input resource and a messaging output resource of the first processing system in response to the detected event; and

wherein the first processing system is operable to enable a messaging operating environment accessible by the second processing system.

12. A method of enabling resources within an information handling system, the method comprising:

detecting an event operable to initiate access to a first set of resources of a first processing system;

identifying a first profile of the first processing system, the first profile including a plurality of resource allocation entries of the first processing system accessible to a second processing system;

enabling the first set of resources of the first processing system using the plurality of resource allocation entries; and

accessing the first set of resources using the second processing system.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a message using a communication module of the first processing system;

determining the received message is intended to be output using the second processing system;

detecting an availability of the first set of resources to output the received message; and

accessing the first set of resources to output the received message.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

accessing a BIOS of the first processing system to determine the first set of resources;

initiating use of the first set of resources including a display, wherein the display includes a display resolution value stored within a memory of the display;

enabling a second set of resources of the second processing system;

formatting the received message using the second set of resources and the first display resolution value;

outputting the formatted message to the display using the display and the display resolution entry.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

detecting a first message type of a first message received by a communication module of the first processing system;

detecting the first message type is intended to be output using the second processing system; and

enabling resources of the first processing system and the second processing system to output the first message.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

detecting a non-user activated event using an event detection module;

detecting whether the non-user activated event should initiate activation of the second processing system;

detecting whether the non-user activated event should initiate access to the first set of resources of the first processing system;

initiating activation of the second processing system in response to detecting the non-user activated event; and

accessing to the first set of resources in response to detecting the non-user activated event.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving a message using a communication module of the first processing system;

processing the received message to determine resources to output the received message;

determining available resources of the first set of resources of the first processing system;

initiating access to the available resources of the first processing system to output the received message via the first processing system; and

initiating access to the available resources of the first processing system to enable a response to the received message.

18. An information handling system comprising:

a first processing system including;

a first host processor operable to process information using a first set of available resources, wherein the first set of available resources includes;

a shared display resource including a memory device storing a display resolution value; and

a shared input device resource configured to receive inputs via a shared operating environment and a non-shared operating environment;

a second processing system including;

a second host processor operable to process information to output via the first processing system; and

a video translation module operable to access the display resolution value to format the information to output using the shared display;

an event detection module configured to detect user activated events and non-user activated events, the event detection module further configured to initiate access to the first processing system using a portion of the second processing system; and

a resource allocation module operable to determine available resources of the first processing system and the second processing system.

19. The information handling system of claim 18, further comprising a resource profile stored within a memory of the second processing system, the resource profile operable to be used to identify resources of the second processing system to use upon detecting a message received via a communication resource of the first processing system.

20. The information handling system of claim 19, further comprising a the second processor operable to:

detect a first message type of a received message via a communication module of the first processing system;

determine a messaging application to output the first message type;

determine a messaging resource profile to enable messaging resources of the first processing system and the second processing system;

initiate enabling the messaging resources of the first processing system and the second processing system; and

initiate outputting the received message using the messaging application and the messaging resources.