System for enhanced utility of custom characters including dividing the custom characters into custom character groups and adapting the custom character groups to each other
Patent 5802538 Issued on September 1, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date: 
April 10, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
April 10, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesDocument processing apparatus Method for managing resources and information processing system System for centrally controlling letter data Network font server Apparatuses and methods for creating and using portable fonted texts with embedded automatically-created font descriptions System for centrally controlling letter data Patent #: 5600770 InventorApplicationNo. 630245 filed on 04/10/1996US Classes:715/542, Font selection345/467Character generatingExaminersPrimary: Feild, Joseph H.Assistant: Hong, Stephen S. Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassG06F 003/14Foreign Application Priority Data1995-06-26 JPAbstractA system for enhanced utility of custom characters in a distributed data processing system allows document data to be distributed from a source system fully capable of handling many custom character codes to a target system capable of handling a limited number of custom character codes and ensures the received custom characters to be correctly displayed and printed in the target system. The source system divides the custom characters available in the source system into a plurality of custom character groups. The number of custom character codes included in each custom character group is adjusted to be less than or equal to the number of custom character codes that the target system can handle. Then, the source system creates custom character environments for the respective custom character groups. The target system sets up one of the custom character environments in the target system. The target system displays or prints out the document data sent from the source system under the custom character environment set in the target system. | |
