RETRIEVAL AND DISPLAY OF VISUAL OBJECTS
First Claim
1. A method of providing one or more two-dimensional visual objects in a communication terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving in the communication terminal a data entry defining the one or more two-dimensional visual objects, said data entry entered by a user of the communication terminal;
determining a defined target visual representation of the one or more visual objects corresponding to the data entry;
determining in the communication terminal, from visual representations of visual objects supported by the communication terminal, that the target visual representation of the one or more visual objects is not supported by the communication terminal;
determining in the communication terminal, from the visual representations of visual objects supported by the communication terminal, a first visual representation of the one or more visual object;
showing in a display area of the communication terminal the first visual representation of the one or more visual objects;
transmitting a request for the target visual representation of the one or more visual objects via a network to a server;
receiving in the communication terminal from the server via the network the target visual representation of the one or more visual objects from visual representations of visual objects supported by the server; and
overwriting in the display area the first visual representation of the one or more visual objects with the target visual representation.
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Abstract
For generating one or more two-dimensional visual objects, an initial visual representation is determined (S2) and shown (S3) in a display area of a communication terminal (1). A data representation of the visual objects is transmitted (S5) from the communication terminal (1) to a remote processing center (3). The communication terminal (1) receives (S7) from the processing center (3) an enhanced visual representation of the visual objects, and replaces (S9) in the display area the initial representation with the enhanced representation. Retrieving (SE) an enhanced representation from the processing center (3), makes it possible to display visual objects on the communication terminal (1) in representations which are not supported by the communication terminal (1), e.g. graphical objects can be rendered according to enhanced algorithms and/or characters can be rendered in enhanced fonts not supported by the communication terminal (1).
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18 Claims
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1. A method of providing one or more two-dimensional visual objects in a communication terminal, the method comprising:
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receiving in the communication terminal a data entry defining the one or more two-dimensional visual objects, said data entry entered by a user of the communication terminal; determining a defined target visual representation of the one or more visual objects corresponding to the data entry; determining in the communication terminal, from visual representations of visual objects supported by the communication terminal, that the target visual representation of the one or more visual objects is not supported by the communication terminal; determining in the communication terminal, from the visual representations of visual objects supported by the communication terminal, a first visual representation of the one or more visual object; showing in a display area of the communication terminal the first visual representation of the one or more visual objects; transmitting a request for the target visual representation of the one or more visual objects via a network to a server; receiving in the communication terminal from the server via the network the target visual representation of the one or more visual objects from visual representations of visual objects supported by the server; and overwriting in the display area the first visual representation of the one or more visual objects with the target visual representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communication terminal, comprising one or more processors or hardware modules configured to implement functional modules, the functional modules including:
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a data entry module configured to receive a data entry defining one or more two-dimensional visual objects, said data entry entered by a user of the communication terminal; a data representation module configured (a) to determine a defined target visual representation of visual objects corresponding to the data entry, (b) to determine, from visual representations of visual objects supported by the communication terminal, that the target visual representation of visual objects is not supported by the communication terminal, (c) to determine, from the visual representations of visual objects supported by the communication terminal, a first visual representation of the visual objects with a one-to-one correspondence to the data entry, and (d) to show in a display area the first visual representation of the visual objects; and an enhancement module configured to transmit a data representation of the visual objects via a network to a processing system, to receive from the processing system via the network the target visual representation of the visual objects from visual representations of visual objects supported by the processing system and based on the data representation of the visual objects, and to overwrite in the display area the first visual representation of the visual objects with the target visual representation of the visual objects. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium with computer program code for controlling one or more processors of a communication terminal such that the communication terminal, in response to receiving a data entry entered by a user defining one or more two-dimensional visual objects, at least:
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determines a defined target visual representation of visual objects corresponding to the data entry; determines that the target visual representation of visual objects is not supported by the communication terminal; determines, from visual representations of visual objects supported by the communication terminal, a first visual representation of the visual objects with a one-to-one correspondence to the data entry; shows in a display area the first visual representation of the visual objects; transmits a data representation of the visual objects via a network to a processing system; transmits a request for the target visual representation of visual objects via the network to the processing system; receives from the processing system via the network the target visual representation of the visual objects; and overwrites in the display area the first visual representation of the visual objects with the target visual representation of the visual objects. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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Specification