Portable power management profile for an information handling system

#The instant disclosure relates to information handling system power management. More specifically, portions of this disclosure relate to a portable power management profile for an information handling system.

#As the value and use of information increase, individuals and businesses seek additional ways to process and store information. One option available for such a purpose is the information handling system. An information handling system generally processes, compiles, stores, and/or communicates information or data for business, personal, or other purposes thereby allowing users to take advantage of the value of the information. Because technology and information handling requirements vary between different users or applications, information handling systems may also vary regarding what information is handled, how the information is handled, how much information is processed, stored, or communicated, and how quickly and efficiently the information may be processed, stored, or communicated. Variations in information handling system build and capabilities allow for information handling systems to be general or configured for a specific user or specific use such as financial transaction processing, airline reservations, enterprise data storage, or global communications. In addition, information handling systems may include a variety of hardware and software components that may be configured to process, store, and communicate information and may include one or more computer systems, data storage systems, and networking systems.

#Information handling system power consumption can vary based on user habits. For example, information handling systems operated by users engaged in processing intensive applications such as graphic design, video or image editing, intensive data processing, and gaming may consume more power than information handling systems operated by users engaged in word processing, email, and other low power user applications. Usage habits can affect battery lifetime, with more power intensive activities causing a battery to drain more rapidly.

#For a more complete understanding of the disclosed system and methods, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

#FIG. 1 is a diagram of an example system for adjusting power management settings on a second information handling system based on a user profile associated with a first information handling system according to some embodiments of the disclosure.

#FIG. 2 is a flow chart of an example method for adjusting power management settings based on usage and transmitting usage data to a remote information handling system according to some embodiments of the disclosure.

#For purposes of this disclosure, an information handling system (IHS) may include any instrumentality or aggregate of instrumentalities operable to compute, calculate, determine, classify, process, transmit, receive, retrieve, originate, switch, store, display, communicate, manifest, detect, record, reproduce, handle, or utilize any form of information, intelligence, or data for business, scientific, control, or other purposes. For example, an information handling system may be a personal computer (e.g., desktop or laptop), tablet computer, a two-in-one laptop/tablet computer, mobile device (e.g., personal digital assistant (PDA), smart phone, tablet computer, or smart watch), server (e.g., blade server or rack server), a network storage device, or any other suitable device and may vary in size, shape, performance, functionality, and price. The information handling system may include random access memory (RAM), one or more processing resources such as a central processing unit (CPU) or hardware or software control logic, ROM, and/or other types of nonvolatile memory. Additional components of the information handling system may include one or more disk drives, one or more network ports for communicating with external devices as well as various input and output (I/O) devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse, touchscreen and/or a video display. The information handling system may also include one or more virtual or physical buses operable to transmit communications between the various hardware and/or software components.

#A single user may use multiple information handling systems. For example, a user may start with using a laptop computer at the office and may purchase an additional laptop computer for use at home. Users may also upgrade information handling systems when they become outdated or non-functional. When a user switches from an old information handling system to a new information handling system, user profile data collected from the old information handling system may be transferred to the new information handling system and used to adjust one or more power management settings of the new information handling system. An example system 100 for transferring user profile data from a previously used information handling system 102 to a new information handling system 104 is shown in FIG. 1. A user may create a user profile on an old information handling system 102. For example, the user profile may be a user profile associated with a power management optimization service. The old information handling system 102 may combine information entered by the user, such as a username and password, with usage data 122, such as telemetry data, collected while the user is using the old information handling system 102 to form a user profile. The usage data 122 may, for example, include data regarding the kinds of applications a user prefers to use, a user's average length of usage of the applications, a frequency of usage of the applications, a rate at which battery power is used, a battery charge rate, power consumption data, and other data. In some embodiments, the usage data may be used to assign the user profile a user persona classification. The old information handling system 102 may automatically adjust one or more power management settings 112 of the old information handling system 102 based on the usage data 110. For example, the old information handling system 102 may adjust one or more battery charge policies and system power consumption management policies based on the usage data 110. The old information handling system 102 may collect system characteristics 108 which may include an operating system, a basic input/output system (BIOS) version, a battery capacity, a battery health, a system power consumption ranking, and other system characteristics. For example, a power consumption ranking of the system may be set as high or low, depending on the amount of power consumed by the information handling system. The old information handling system 102 may transmit system characteristics 108, the usage data 110, and power management settings 112 to a server 116 for storage associated with a user profile. For example, the system characteristics 108, the usage data 110, and power management settings 112 may be transmitted to the server 116 in the form of telemetry data 114.

#The server 116 may receive the system characteristics 108, the usage 110, and power management settings 112 from the old information handling system 106 and may associate the data with a user profile. The server 116 may also receive system characteristics, usage data, and power management settings from a client information handling system network 128 and may associate sets of receive system characteristics, usage data, and power management settings with multiple user profiles. The server 116 may be a single information handling system or may be a cloud of networked information handling systems.