Local font face selection for remote electronic document browsing
US5893915A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 18, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/117
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A section of text in an electronic document is marked with a tag that designates a list of font faces for use in drawing the text at a computer which is remotely browsing the electronic document from a computer network. A browser at the computer chooses a font face for drawing the text from the font faces installed on the computer according to the tag-designated list, such as by matching font face name or set of font face characteristics. The browser also can include an alternative font table which stores data identifying alternative font faces for many common font faces. The browser searches the installed font faces for the alternative font faces to those in the tag-designated list when a direct match to the tag-designated font faces is not found.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.