Method and system for dynamic font support on mobile devices

• US 8,644,810 B1
• Filed: 10/21/2011
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NRT Technology Corp.
• Original Assignee: Joingo, LLC (NRT Technology Corp.)
• Inventors: Boyle, Stephen S., Greer, Russell S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Doan, Kiet
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vu, Michael T
• Application Number:
  US13/279,237
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141-4144, 455/466, 455/418, 455/67.11, 709/203, 709/219, 709/246, 345/581, 345/619, 345/418, 345/632, 345/652, 705/10, 705/14.64, 705/14.66, 705/513, 705/744
• US Class Current: 455/414.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability

Abstract

The method and system for dynamic font support on a mobile communication device is disclosed herein. The present invention determines if a mobile communication device such as a mobile phone can properly render a digital communication from an enterprise using the native language of the mobile communication device. If not, the invention will render the digital communication at a server and transmit a raster equivalent to the mobile communication device.

Claims

1. A method for dynamic font support on a data capable communication device, the method consisting essentially of the steps of:

requesting in a request transmission a digital communication for a data capable communication device from a content server, the digital communication comprising a textual content with an intended typeface, size and style, the request transmission comprising a plurality of make and model native attributes of the data capable communication device;

transmitting the plurality of make and model native attributes of the data capable communication device from the content server to a device attributes database;

evaluating the plurality of make and model native attributes of the data capable communication device with the textual content of the digital communication at the device attributes database to generate an attributes evaluation wherein the attributes evaluation determines if the data capable communication device can render the textual content of the digital communication using the plurality of make and model native attributes of the data capable communication device;

transmitting the attributes evaluation from the device attributes database to the content server;

determining at the content server a format for the textual content of the digital communication for transmission to the data capable communication device; and

transmitting the digital communication to data capable communication device in a format compatible with the plurality of make and model native attributes of the data capable communication device, the digital communication comprising the textual content with the intended typeface, size and style.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein determining a format for the textual content of the digital communication comprises determining that the textual content can be rendered correctly with the plurality of make and model native attributes of the data capable communication device.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein determining a format for the textual content of the digital communication comprises determining that textual content cannot be rendered utilizing the plurality of make and model native attributes of the data capable communication device and the method further comprising sending the textual content of the digital communication to a rendering engine, and converting textual content into a raster equivalent of the textual content of the digital communication which maintains the intended typeface, size and style of the textual content of the digital communication, and the format compatible with the attributes of the data capable communication device is the raster equivalent of the textual content of the digital communication.

4. The method according to claim 3 further comprising sending the raster equivalent of the textual content of the digital communication to the content server prior to transmitting the to the raster equivalent of the textual content of the digital communication to the data capable communication device.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein determining a format for the textual content of the digital communication comprises determining that textual content cannot be rendered utilizing the plurality of make and model native of the data capable communication device and the method further comprising sending the textual content of the digital communication to a rendering engine, rendering the textual content, and pressing the textual content into an image comprising the graphics and layout of the digital communication to generate a raster equivalent of the digital communication which maintains the intended typeface, size and style of the textual content of the digital communication, and the format compatible with the attributes of the data capable communication device is the raster equivalent of the textual content of the digital communication, and wherein the digital communication is a MMS communication.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the data capable communication device is a mobile phone.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the digital communication is for a mobile marketing campaign.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the digital communication is for a coupon from an enterprise.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the data capable communication device is a tablet computer.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein determining a format for the textual content of the digital communication comprises determining that textual content cannot be rendered utilizing the plurality of make and model native attributes of the data capable communication device and the method further comprising sending the textual content of the digital communication to a rendering engine, rendering the textual content, and pressing the textual content into an image comprising the graphics and layout of the digital communication to generate a raster equivalent of the digital communication which maintains the intended typeface, size and style of the textual content of the digital communication, and the format compatible with the attributes of the data capable communication device is the raster equivalent of the textual content of the digital communication, and wherein the digital communication is an e-mail communication.

11. A system for dynamic font support on a data capable communication device, the system comprising:

a data capable communication device comprising a plurality of make and model native attributes;

a communications network;

a content server configured to receive a request over the communications network for a digital communication from a data capable communication device, the digital communication comprising a textual content with an intended typeface, size and style, the content server also configured to receive the plurality of make and model native attributes of the data capable communication device, the content server also configured to transmit the plurality of make and model native attributes of the data capable communication device, the content server also configured to transmit the digital communication to data capable communication device in a format compatible with the plurality of make and model native attributes of the data capable communication device, the digital communication comprising the textual content with the intended typeface, size and style;

a rendering engine configured to convert the textual content of the digital communication to maintain the intended typeface, size and style of the textual content of the digital communication; and

a device attributes database configured to determine if the textual content of the digital communication can be rendered correctly with the plurality of make and model native attributes of the data capable communication device.

12. The system according to claim 11 further comprising an enterprise server for transmitting the digital communication to the content server.

13. The system according to claim 11 further comprising a content database comprising of a plurality of digital communications, the content database in communication with the content server.

14. The system according to claim 11 wherein the digital communication is a MMS communication.

15. The system according to claim 11 wherein the rendering engine is configured to render the textual content and press the textual content into an image comprising the graphics and layout of the digital communication to generate a raster equivalent of the digital communication which maintains the intended typeface, size and style of the textual content of the digital communication.

16. The system according to claim 11 wherein the digital communication is for a mobile marketing campaign.

17. The system according to claim 11 wherein the data capable communication device is a tablet computer or a mobile phone.

18. The system according to claim 11 wherein the digital communication is an e-mail communication.

19. The system according to claim 11 wherein the digital communication is a coupon from an enterprise.