US 12,093,211 B2
System setting adjustment based on location
Kenneth Seethaler, Raleigh, NC (US); Philip J Jakes, Durham, NC (US); Adam Cavenaugh, Cary, NC (US); Tin-Lup Wong, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Koji Kawakita, Yokohama (JP); David Douglas, Cary, NC (US); and Kazuo Fujii, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/557,416.
Prior Publication US 2023/0195687 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 15/78 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 15/7882 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying, based on context data, a location of an information handling device, wherein the location has a corresponding attribute;
accessing a settings profile for the information handling device that is based on the identified location, wherein at least a portion of the settings profile is dynamically established based upon historical user setting adjustment data for locations other than the identified location and analysis of the historical user setting adjustment data in view of the identified location, wherein dynamically establishing the at least a portion of the settings profile comprises identifying a user action has been performed a predetermined number of times at locations having the corresponding attribute other than the identified location;
determining, using a processor, whether at least one current setting on the information handling device is inconsistent with the settings profile; and
adjusting, responsive to determining that the at least one current setting is inconsistent with the settings profile, the at least one current setting to match the settings profile for the location, wherein the adjusting comprises automatically adjusting without receipt of additional user input.