Contextual camera controls during a collaboration session in a heterogenous computing platform

A memory coupled to a heterogeneous computing platform, wherein the heterogeneous computing platform comprises a plurality of devices, wherein the memory is configured to receive a plurality of sets of firmware instructions, wherein each set of firmware instructions, upon execution by a respective device, enables the respective device to provide a corresponding firmware service without any involvement by any host Operating System (OS), and wherein at least one of the plurality of devices operates as an orchestrator configured to:

• determine a location of the heterogeneous computing platform during a collaboration session;
• and
• in response to the determination and in accordance with the policy, change a camera setting by sending a message or command to a firmware service provided by a camera via an Application Programming Interface (API) without any involvement by any host OS, wherein the firmware service is configured to indicate the camera setting to the host OS, at least in part, as a Human Interface Device (HID) report, and wherein the camera setting comprises brightness of an entire image or video.

A method, comprising:

• receiving a firmware installation package comprising extension drivers in a heterogeneous computing platform comprising a plurality of devices, wherein upon execution, each extension driver causes a respective device to provide a firmware service to other devices via an Application Programming Interface (API);
• and
• delivering an indication of a policy to an orchestrator among the plurality of devices, wherein the policy is usable by the orchestrator to change a camera setting, based, at least in part, upon a location of the heterogeneous computing platform, by sending a message or command to a firmware service provided by a camera via another API without any involvement by any host Operating System (OS), wherein the firmware service indicates the camera setting to the host OS, at least in part, as a Human Interface Device (HID) report, and wherein the camera setting comprises brightness of an entire image or video.