System and method to automatically obtain a service
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1. A method for obtaining a font, comprising the steps of:
- examining a digital document in a printer to identify a font included therein, wherein the digital document is to be rendered by the printer, the printer being coupled to an Internet;
determining if the font is available in the printer;
implementing in the printer a search of at least one server on the Internet for the font in order to render the digital document if the font is unavailable in the printer by;
consulting a lookup table in the printer, the lookup table identifying at least one universal resource locator (URL) of the at least one server on the Internet; and
searching the at least one server to determine if the font is located on the at least one server;
automatically downloading the font from the at least one server if the font is found on the at least one server; and
automatically attempting to install the font in the printer.
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Abstract
A system, method, and program embodied in a computer readable medium are provided for obtaining a service. For example, the method comprises the steps of identifying a service needed to perform a processing function in a processor based system coupled to a network, and, searching at least one remote device on the network for the service to perform the processing function.
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1. A method for obtaining a font, comprising the steps of:
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examining a digital document in a printer to identify a font included therein, wherein the digital document is to be rendered by the printer, the printer being coupled to an Internet;
determining if the font is available in the printer;
implementing in the printer a search of at least one server on the Internet for the font in order to render the digital document if the font is unavailable in the printer by;
consulting a lookup table in the printer, the lookup table identifying at least one universal resource locator (URL) of the at least one server on the Internet; and
searching the at least one server to determine if the font is located on the at least one server;
automatically downloading the font from the at least one server if the font is found on the at least one server; and
automatically attempting to install the font in the printer. - View Dependent Claims (5, 8, 9)
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2. A program embodied on a computer readable medium for obtaining a font in a printer, comprising:
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code that examines a digital document in a printer to identify a font included therein, wherein the digital document is to be rendered by the printer, the printer being coupled to an Internet;
code that determines if the font is available in the printer;
code that implements in the printer a search of at least one server on the Internet for the font in order to render the digital document if the font is unavailable in the printer including;
code that consults a lookup table in the printer, the lookup table identifying at least on universal resource locator (URL) of the at least one server on the Internet;
code that implements a search of the at least one server from the printer to determine if the font is located on the at least one server;
code that automatically downloads the font from the at least one server if the font is found on the at least one server;
code that automatically attempts to install the font in the printer. - View Dependent Claims (6, 10, 11)
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3. A system for obtaining a font in a printer, comprising:
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means for examining a digital document in a printer to identify a font included therein, wherein the digital document is to be rendered by the printer, the printer being coupled to an Internet;
means for determining if the font is available in the printer;
means for implementing in the printer a search of at least one server on the Internet for the font in order to render the digital document if the font is unavailable in the printer by;
means for consulting a lookup table in the printer, the lookup table identifying at least one universal resource locator (URL) of the at least one server on the Internet;
means for searching the at least one server to determine if the font is located on the at least one server;
means for automatically downloading the font from the at least one server to the printer if the font is found on the at least one server; and
means for automatically attempting to install the font in the printer. - View Dependent Claims (7, 12, 13)
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4. A method for obtaining a service, comprising:
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identifying whether a font is stored in a font directory accessible by a processor based system in a printer, the font being included in a document to be rendered by the processor based system in the printer, the processor based system being coupled to an Internet;
consulting a lookup table in the printer that identifies at least one universal resource locator (URL) of at least one server couple to the Internet a to be searched for the font when the font is not stored in the font directory;
searching the at least one server on the Internet for the font to render the document when the font is not stored in the font directory;
automatically downloading the font from the at least one server if the font is found thereon;
automatically installing the font in the processor based system; and
performing the rendering of the document in the printer using the font.
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