Apparatus of a hand-held device for exposing non-standard fonts in a network document to an operating system

• US 9,892,093 B1
• Filed: 06/29/2016
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Clantech, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Clantech, Inc.
• Inventors: Adamson, III, Robert G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tapp, Amelia
• Application Number:
  US15/197,389
• Time in Patent Office: 594 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/94 Hypermedia Hyperlinking G06F40/134
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/109 Font handling; Temporal or kinetic typography
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

When a browsing computer navigates to a network document, such as a web page, the corresponding server also downloads computer readable formatting information necessary for the operating system of the browsing computer to render nonstandard characters within the network document. An installation module is also downloaded to the browsing computer. The installation module is loaded onto the browsing computer which in turn either permanently installs or temporarily exposes the operating system of the browsing computer to the computer readable formatting information. As a result, the operating system of the browsing computer is able to display the network document including the non-standard characters.

Claims

1. An apparatus of a hand-held device for exposing a non-standard font of a network document to an operating system comprising:

a processing unit;

memory to store instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to;

implement a browser for navigating to a network document of a website hosted at a website server;

enable communication between the browser and the web site server;

provide access by the browser to the network document;

generate a transmission for a request to a font server, based at least in part on the network document, to download a font file to the hand-held device, wherein the font file corresponds to a defined character or group of characters;

receive at the hand-held device the font file from the font server, based at least in part on the request to download a font file to the hand-held device; and

automatically expose at least a portion of the font file to an operating system on the hand-held device, to enable the operating system to render one or more of the defined character or group of characters, wherein an installation module is used to automatically expose the at least a portion of the font file to the operating system, and wherein the installation module copies the font file to a temporary font directory and updates a system font table of the operating system to include information about the font file.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is distinct from the web site server hosting the web site.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the apparatus is distinct from the font server.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the font file contains formatting information to render a non-standard display character.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the operating system renders the non-standard display character.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the browser automatically exposes the at least a portion of the font file to the operating system using at least in part one or more of:

a plugin, a browser extension, or an Active X Control.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the installation module copies the font file to a directory having other standard system fonts.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein upon exposing the font file to the operating system, one or more of the defined character or group of characters is available to one or more executing processes managed by the operating system.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to erase the font file or make the font file inaccessible.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a processor perform operations comprising:

enabling communication between a handheld device and a web site server by employing a browser application on the handheld device;

accessing, by the handheld device, a network document of a web site hosted at the web site server;

generating a transmission for a request to a font server, based at least in part on the network document, to download a font file to the handheld device, wherein the font file corresponds to a defined character or group of characters;

receiving at the handheld device the font file from the font server, based at least in part on the request to download the font file to the handheld device;

automatically exposing the font file to an operating system on the handheld device, wherein the automatically exposing the font file to the operating system is implemented using an installation module, and wherein the installation module copies the font file to a temporary font directory and updates a system font table of the operating system to include information about the font file; and

rendering on the handheld device, using the font file, one or more characters included in the network document.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the browser application automatically exposes the font file to the operating system on the handheld device using at least in part one or more of:

a plugin, a browser extension, or an Active X Control.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the font file contains formatting information necessary to render a non-standard display character.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the non-standard display character comprises one or more of:

a discrete letter, a number, a symbol, a design, a mark, a sign, a figure, or text.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the font file contains formatting information necessary to render a non-standard display character.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the non-standard display character comprises one or more of:

a discrete letter, a number, a symbol, a design, a mark, a sign, a figure, or text.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the handheld device is distinct from the web site server hosting the web site;

and wherein the handheld device is distinct from the font server.

17. The medium of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise erasing the font file or making the font file inaccessible.

18. A computer-implemented method comprising:

enabling communication between a handheld device and a web site server employing a browser on the handheld device;

accessing, by the handheld device, a network document of a web site hosted at the web site server;

generating a transmission for a request to a font server, based at least in part on the network document, to download a font file to the handheld device, wherein the font file corresponds to a defined character or group of characters;

receiving at the handheld device the font file from the font server, based at least in part on the request to download the font file to the handheld device;

automatically exposing at least a portion of the font file to an operating system of the handheld device, wherein an installation module is used to automatically expose the at least a portion of the font file to the operating system, and wherein the installation module copies the font file to a temporary font directory and updates a system font table of the operating system to include information about the font file; and

rendering, by an operating system on the handheld device that accesses the font file, one or more characters included in the network document using the information in the font file.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein the font file contains information for rendering a non-standard display character.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein the web site server and the font server comprise a single server.

21. The method of claim 18, further comprising erasing the font file or making the font file inaccessible.