Managing Font Distribution

• US 20130215126A1
• Filed: 02/17/2012
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Monotype Imaging (Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Monotype Imaging (Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Roberts, Christopher J.
• Application Number:
  US13/399,146
• Publication Number:
  US 20130215126A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/522
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/109 Font handling; Temporal or kinetic typography
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A system includes a first computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The first computing device also includes a processor to execute the instructions to perform a method that includes receiving, at a font service provider, a request from a second computing device for one or more fonts. The method also includes authenticating the user of the second computing device from the received request, and, providing access to data representative of the one or more fonts identified in the received request for use by the second computing device. The data representative of the one or more fonts resides in a predefined portion of memory assigned to the user of the second computing device.

Claims

1. A computing device-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a font service provider, a request from a computing device for one or more fonts;

authenticating the user of the computing device from the received request; and

providing access to data representative of the one or more fonts identified in the received request for use by the computing device, wherein the data representative of the one or more fonts resides in a predefined portion of memory assigned to the user of the computing device.

2. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more fonts identified in the received request supplement one or more other fonts residing in a portion of memory for fonts of the computing device.

3. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the predefined portion of memory assigned to the user is included in the computing device.

4. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the predefined portion of the memory assigned to the user is located at the font service provider.

5. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the predefined portion of the memory assigned to the user is located at another service provider.

6. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, wherein authenticating the user of the computing device includes determining if the user has a current subscription for access to fonts of the font service provider.

7. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, wherein providing access to data representative of the one or more fonts identified in the received request includes adding the data representative of the one or more fonts to the predefined portion of memory assigned to the user, which is included in the computing device.

8. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, wherein authenticating the user of the computing device includes determining which fonts are accessible based upon a subscription of the user.

9. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1, wherein authenticating the user of the computing device includes determining the status of a rental period.

10. A system comprising:

a first computing device comprising;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to perform a method comprising;

receiving, at a font service provider, a request from a second computing device for one or more fonts,

authenticating the user of the second computing device from the received request, and

providing access to data representative of the one or more fonts identified in the received request for use by the second computing device, wherein the data representative of the one or more fonts resides in a predefined portion of memory assigned to the user of the second computing device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more fonts identified in the received request supplement one or more other fonts residing in a portion of memory for fonts of the second computing device.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the predefined portion of memory assigned to the user is included in the second computing device.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the predefined portion of the memory assigned to the user is located at the font service provider.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the predefined portion of the memory assigned to the user is located at another service provider.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein authenticating the user of the second computing device includes determining if the user has a current subscription for access to fonts of the font service provider.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein providing access to data representative of the one or more fonts identified in the received request includes adding the data representative of the one or more fonts to the predefined portion of memory assigned to the user, which is included in the second computing device.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein authenticating the user of the second computing device includes determining which fonts are accessible based upon a subscription of the user.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein authenticating the user of the computing device includes determining the status of a rental period.

19. One or more computer readable media storing instructions that are executable by a processing device, and upon such execution cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a font service provider, a request from a computing device for one or more fonts;

authenticating the user of the computing device from the received request; and

providing access to data representative of the one or more fonts identified in the received request for use by the computing device, wherein the data representative of the one or more fonts resides in a predefined portion of memory assigned to the user of the computing device.

20. The computer readable media of claim 19, wherein the one or more fonts identified in the received request supplement one or more other fonts residing in a portion of memory for fonts of the computing device.

21. The computer readable media of claim 19, wherein the predefined portion of memory assigned to the user is included in the computing device.

22. The computer readable media of claim 19, wherein the predefined portion of the memory assigned to the user is located at the font service provider.

23. The computer readable media of claim 19, wherein the predefined portion of the memory assigned to the user is located at another service provider.

24. The computer readable media of claim 19, wherein authenticating the user of the computing device includes determining if the user has a current subscription for access to fonts of the font service provider.

25. The computer readable media of claim 19, wherein providing access to data representative of the one or more fonts identified in the received request includes adding the data representative of the one or more fonts to the predefined portion of memory assigned to the user, which is included in the computing device.

26. The computer readable media of claim 19, wherein authenticating the user of the computing device includes determining which fonts are accessible based upon a subscription of the user.

27. The computer readable media of claim 19, wherein authenticating the user of the computing device includes determining the status of a rental period.