| CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) [G06F 1/203 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H05K 7/20172 (2013.01); H05K 7/20209 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. An intelligent wireless fan dock to operate with an information handling system comprising:
a cooling fan and a power source;
a controller integrated circuit;
a docking sensor to detect a docking event and to indicate to the controller integrated circuit that the information handling system has docked with the intelligent wireless fan dock;
a wireless module to establish a wireless link with the information handling system upon detection of the docking event via the docking sensor;
the controller integrated circuit configured to receive a dynamic fan speed request command from a fan dock control system of the information handling system via the wireless link, where the fan speed request is generated by the fan dock control system based on changes in performance mode for at least one heat generating component of the information handling system due to the docking event and detected operating conditions of the information handling system; and
the controller integrated circuit configured to adjust the speed of the cooling fan in accordance with the received dynamic fan speed request command.
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10. An information handling system to operate with an intelligent wireless fan dock comprising:
a processor, a memory, and a power source with a power management unit (PMU);
at least one heat producing component selected from the processor, a graphics processing unit, or a wireless radio;
a wireless adapter to establish a wireless link with the intelligent wireless fan dock having an extended fan cooling capacity upon a docking event with the intelligent wireless fan dock;
the processor configured to execute code instructions of a fan dock control system to receive an indication of the docking event and to access a thermal table for the information handling system and the intelligent wireless fan dock pairing;
the fan dock control system configured to determine that the information handling system and the intelligent wireless fan dock pairing enables an increased performance mode and altered power draw limitations for the docked information handling system relative to the information handling system in an undocked state;
the fan dock control system configured to monitor a usage level of the at least one heat producing component and to generate a dynamic fan speed request command for extended fan cooling capacity from a first fan in the intelligent wireless fan dock; and
the wireless adapter configured to transmit the dynamic fan speed request command for the extended fan cooling capacity to the intelligent wireless fan dock.
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17. A method of docking an information handling system to an intelligent wireless fan dock comprising:
detecting, with a docking sensor, a docking event at the intelligent wireless fan dock of the information handling system docking with the intelligent wireless fan dock;
establishing, with a wireless module, a wireless link to the docked information handling system upon detection of a docking event;
receiving, via wireless link at the intelligent wireless fan dock, a dynamic fan speed request command to adjust extended fan cooling airflow from fan dock control system operating at the docked information handling system, where the fan dock control system has determined that the docked information handling system and the intelligent wireless fan dock pairing enable an increased performance mode and altered power draw limitations for the docked information handling system relative to the information handling system in an undocked state; and
increasing, with a controller integrated circuit at the intelligent wireless fan dock, extended fan cooling airflow of a cooling fan based on the received dynamic fan speed request command due to the increased performance mode of at least one heat producing component of the docked information handling system.
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