Patent ID: 11921900
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. An information handling system (IHS) comprising:
one or more devices for receiving audio or video user input;
one or more devices for communicating audio or video output;
an embedded controller (EC) comprising an EC processor having access to an EC memory storing a privacy manager service configured to assert a privacy policy including privacy rules for preventing computer-implemented actions associated with one or more of an input device and an output device based on an environment in which the IHS is operating; and
an IHS processor having access to an IHS memory storing instructions executable by the IHS processor to:
initiate an application;
in response to receiving a request from the user to override the privacy policy:
determine, at a first time, a set of IHS parameters and a set of application parameters for the application, the IHS parameters including a first geographic location of the IHS;
send the request to a server executing a server service, the request including the set of IHS parameters and the set of application parameters;
in response to receiving a response from the server service, the response including a token and a second privacy policy, send the second privacy policy to the privacy manager service, the second privacy policy comprising a set of privacy rules for allowing computer-implemented actions associated with one or more of the input device and the output device based on the environment;
determine, at a second time after the first time, a change from the first geographic location to a second geographic location;
send data including the second geographic location of the IHS to the server service;
in response to sending the data, receive a response from the server service including a default privacy policy based on the second geographic location not meeting the set of privacy rules of the second privacy policy, the default privacy blocking access to the one or more of the input device and the output device,

wherein the privacy manager service is configured to assert the second default privacy policy.