Network based font management for imaging devices

• US 9,817,615 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2012
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Monotype Imaging (Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Monotype Imaging (Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Seguin, John, Roberts, Christopher J., Levantovsky, Vladimir
• Primary Examiner(s): LETT, THOMAS J
• Application Number:
  US13/692,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20140153012A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,807 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/121 Facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1229 Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1234 Errors handling and recovery, e.g. reprinting G06F3/1261 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/109 Font handling; Temporal or kinetic typography

Abstract

A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations that include receiving a request from an imaging device indicating that the imaging device is unable to present textual content of an asset. The request includes one or more attributes of the textual content of the asset and the request is sent from the imaging device absent user input. Operations also include identifying an appropriate amount of font information from the received one or more attributes for the imaging device to present the asset, and, providing the identified font information to the imaging device for presenting the asset.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a request initiated by a software agent executed by an imaging device indicating that the imaging device is unable to present textual content of an asset as determined by the software agent parsing data representing each character of the textual content of the asset, wherein the software agent operates in an autonomous manner and the request includes one or more attributes of the textual content of the asset and the request is absent user provided data input to the imaging device;

identifying an appropriate amount of font information from the received one or more attributes for the imaging device to present the asset; and

providing the identified font information to the imaging device for presenting the asset.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying the appropriate amount of font information includes identifying one or more fonts.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying the appropriate amount of font information includes creating one or more fonts.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the appropriate amount of font information includes one or more font subsets based on the textual content of the asset.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more attributes include information for identifying one or more fonts absent from the imaging device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more attributes include information for identifying one or more fonts absent from the asset.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more attributes include information representing the structure of the asset.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the request also includes one or more environmental characteristics of a communication connection between the imaging device and a font service provider.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the request includes one or more attributes that represent at least one capability of the imaging device.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the request includes geographical information regarding the location of the imaging device.

11. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving at an imaging device data representing textual content of one or more assets;

a software agent executed by the imaging device, parsing the data representing each character of the textual content to determine if font information is absent at the imaging device for presenting the textual content of the one or more assets, wherein the agent operates in an autonomous manner; and

sending a request initiated by the software agent executed by the imaging device to a font service provider for requesting the absent font information for presenting the one or more assets, wherein the request is sent to the font service provider absent user provided data input to the imaging device.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the request identifies a font used by the textual content of the one or more assets but absent at the imaging device.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the request identifies information associated with the one or more assets to be presented by the imaging device.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein parsing the data representing the textual content includes identifying each character present in the textual content of the one or more assets.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the request identifies each character present in the textual content of the one or more assets.

16. A system comprising:

a computing device comprising;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving a request initiated by a software agent executed by an imaging device indicating that the imaging device is unable to present textual content of an asset determined by parsing data representing each character of the textual content of the asset, wherein the software agent operates in an autonomous manner and the request includes one or more attributes of the textual content of the asset and the request is sent from the imaging device absent user provided data input to the imaging device;

identifying an appropriate amount of font information from the received one or more attributes for the imaging device to present the asset; and

providing the identified font information to the imaging device for presenting the asset.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein identifying the appropriate amount of font information includes identifying one or more fonts.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein identifying the appropriate amount of font information includes creating one or more fonts.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the appropriate amount of font information includes one or more font subsets based on the textual content of the asset.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more attributes include information for identifying one or more fonts absent from the imaging device.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more attributes include information for identifying one or more fonts absent from the asset.

22. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more attributes include information representing the structure of the asset.

23. The system of claim 16, wherein the request also includes one or more environmental characteristics of a communication connection between the imaging device and a font service provider.

24. The system of claim 16, wherein the request includes one or more attributes that represent at least one capability of the imaging device.

25. The system of claim 16, wherein the request includes geographical information regarding the location of the imaging device.

26. A system comprising:

an imaging device comprising;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving at the imaging device data representing each character of textual content of one or more assets;

a software agent executed by the imaging device, parsing the data representing the textual content to determine if font information is absent at the imaging device for presenting the textual content of the one or more assets, wherein the software agent operates in an autonomous manner; and

sending a request initiated by the software agent executed by the imaging device to a font service provider for requesting the absent font information for presenting the one or more assets, wherein the request is sent to the font service provider absent user provided data input to the imaging device.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the request identifies a font used by the textual content of the one or more assets but absent at the imaging device.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein the request identifies information associated with the one or more assets to be presented by the imaging device.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein parsing the data representing the textual content includes identifying each character present in the textual content of the one or more assets.

30. The system of claim 26, wherein the request identifies each character present in the textual content of the one or more assets.

31. 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 a request initiated by a software agent executed by an imaging device indicating that the imaging device is unable to present textual content of an asset determined by parsing data representing each character of the textual content of the asset, wherein the software agent operates in an autonomous manner and the request includes one or more attributes of the textual content of the asset and the request is sent from the imaging device absent user provided data input to the imaging device;

identifying an appropriate amount of font information from the received one or more attributes for the imaging device to present the asset; and

providing the identified font information to the imaging device for presenting the asset.

32. The computer readable media of claim 31, wherein identifying the appropriate amount of font information includes identifying one or more fonts.

33. The computer readable media of claim 31, wherein identifying the appropriate amount of font information includes creating one or more fonts.

34. The computer readable media of claim 31, wherein the appropriate amount of font information includes one or more font subsets based on the textual content of the asset.

35. The computer readable media of claim 31, wherein the one or more attributes include information for identifying one or more fonts absent from the imaging device.

36. The computer readable media of claim 31, wherein the one or more attributes include information for identifying one or more fonts absent from the asset.

37. The computer readable media of claim 31, wherein the one or more attributes include information representing the structure of the asset.

38. The computer readable media of claim 31, wherein the request also includes one or more environmental characteristics of a communication connection between the imaging device and a font service provider.

39. The computer readable media of claim 31, wherein the request includes one or more attributes that represent at least one capability of the imaging device.

40. The computer readable media of claim 31, wherein the request includes geographical information regarding the location of the imaging device.

41. 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 an imaging device data representing textual content of one or more assets;

a software agent executed by the imaging device, parsing the data representing each character of the textual content to determine if font information is absent at the imaging device for presenting the textual content of the one or more assets, wherein the software agent operates in an autonomous manner; and

sending a request initiated by the software agent executed by the imaging device to a font service provider for requesting the absent font information for presenting the one or more assets, wherein the request is sent to the font service provider absent user provided data input to the imaging device.

42. The computer readable media of claim 41, wherein the request identifies a font used by the textual content of the one or more assets but absent at the imaging device.

43. The computer readable media of claim 41, wherein the request identifies information associated with the one or more assets to be presented by the imaging device.

44. The computer readable media of claim 41, wherein parsing the data representing the textual content includes identifying each character present in the textual content of the one or more assets.

45. The computer readable media of claim 41, wherein the request identifies each character present in the textual content of the one or more assets.

46. A system comprising:

a computing device located at a font service provider, comprising;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving a request initiated by a software agent executed by an imaging device indicating that the imaging device is unable to present textual content of an asset determined by parsing data representing each character of the textual content of the asset, the imaging device being remotely located from the fonts service provider, wherein the software agent operates in an autonomous manner and the request includes one or more attributes of the textual content of the asset and the request is sent from the imaging device absent user provided data input to the imaging device, the request also includes one or more environmental characteristics of a communication connection between the imaging device and the font service provider, and, one or more attributes that represent at least one capability of the imaging device;

identifying an appropriate amount of font information from the request to present the asset; and

providing the identified font information to the imaging device for presenting the asset.

47. The system of claim 46, wherein the request includes geographical information regarding the location of the imaging device.

48. A system comprising:

an imaging device comprising;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving at the imaging device data representing textual content of one or more assets;

parsing, by a software agent executed by the imaging device, the data representing each character of the textual content to determine if font information is absent at the imaging device for presenting the textual content of the one or more assets, wherein the software agent operates in an autonomous manner;

determining one or more environmental characteristics of a communication connection between the imaging device and a remotely located font service provider; and

sending a request initiated by the software agent executed by the imaging device to the font service provider for requesting the absent font information for presenting the one or more assets, wherein the request is sent to the font service provider absent user provided data input to the imaging device, the request also includes the determined one or more environmental characteristics of a communication connection between the imaging device and the font service provider, and, one or more attributes that represent at least one capability of the imaging device.

49. The system of claim 48, wherein the request includes geographical information regarding the location of the imaging device.

50. The system of claim 48, wherein the one or more environmental characteristics include temporal information regarding connection establishment.

51. The system of claim 48, wherein the one or more environmental characteristics include protocol information.

52. The system of claim 48, wherein the one or more environmental characteristics of a communication connection represents one of achievable throughput and bandwidth analysis.