| 5737495 |
Method and apparatus for managing multimedia data files in a computer network by streaming data files into separate streams based on file attributes |
| Apr-7-1998 |
The present invention manages multimedia data files in a computer network by receiving a request from a first unit on the network, processing the request to determine file attributes of the request and... |
| 5715473 |
Method and apparatus to vary control points of an outline font to provide a set of variations for the outline font |
| Feb-3-1998 |
A method and apparatus for providing a set of variations of control points of a symbol image, such as a glyph, for display of at least one variation of the symbol image on a display device of a computer... |
| 5708844 |
Character resource management system for effectively managing character resources to be loaded into an output device |
| Jan-13-1998 |
A character resource management system manages character resources to be down loaded into an output device. The character resource management system includes a first management unit for managing character... |
| 5689724 |
Generic font specification leading to specific font selection |
| Nov-18-1997 |
A generic font request is changed to an operating system specific format font request. A font request is received from an application by a font handler. Both the application and the font handler are typically... |
| 5689723 |
Method for allowing single-byte character set and double-byte character set fonts in a double-byte character set code page |
| Nov-18-1997 |
The method of the invention allows both single-byte character set (SBCS) and double-byte character set (DBCS) fonts in a DBCS code page. The invention stores the SBCS and DBCS text of the document in separate... |
| 5619721 |
Controlling font data memory access for display and non-display purposes using character content for access criteria |
| Apr-8-1997 |
A display control system employing a character display mode. When a character code determining circuit determines, during a display period, that character code data read out from a character code data... |
| 5617525 |
Image outputting adaptable to various fonts |
| Apr-1-1997 |
A group of selected character codes is converted into character patterns in advance and stored in a font cache memory, and, when one of the character codes is received as the printing instruction, such... |
| 5600770 |
System for centrally controlling letter data |
| Feb-4-1997 |
A plurality of letter output devices (workstations, printers) are connected to a letter data control device by a transmission path. The control device stores letter data for transmission to the letter... |
| 5574842 |
Document processing apparatus and method for generating a character or symbol pattern across a plurality of lines |
| Nov-12-1996 |
A document processing apparatus and method inputs character code information corresponding to a character to be output, stores a character or symbol pattern in the form of a plurality of fonts, discriminates... |
| 5562350 |
Output apparatus that selects a vector font based on character size |
| Oct-8-1996 |
A character output apparatus outputs characters of arbitrary size with vector character fonts, in which the vector character font is associated with data indicating the effective size range and alternative... |
| 5533180 |
Method of manipulating fonts containing large numbers of characters |
| Jul-2-1996 |
A method of enabling a computer user to manipulate, as one font, an arbitrary number of special characters exceeding the 256 characters which single byte font schemes can represent in one font. The invention... |
| 5528742 |
Method and system for processing documents with embedded fonts |
| Jun-18-1996 |
A user of a host computer creates a document and embeds in the document a font file used to create the document. The user then transfers the document, along with the embedded font file, to a remote computer.... |
| 5495577 |
System for displaying insertion text based on preexisting text display characteristics |
| Feb-27-1996 |
A method and system for automatically selecting a font so that a user sees the characters and fonts expected to appear in a document. The preferred embodiment of the invention employs a first process when... |
| 5444829 |
System for centrally controlling letter data |
| Aug-22-1995 |
A plurality of letter output devices (workstations, printers) are connected to a letter data control device by a transmission path. The control device stores letter data for transmission to the letter... |
| 5432899 |
Method for managing resources and information processing system |
| Jul-11-1995 |
A method for managing resources and an information processing system having three or more information processing units, with one unit functioning as a server and the other two or more units functioning... |
| 5396588 |
Data processing using digitized images |
| Mar-7-1995 |
A method of manipulating information is disclosed in which the data is stored as a digitized image and is retained in image form for various data processing manipulations. A font table is formed having... |
| 5367618 |
Document processing apparatus |
| Nov-22-1994 |
A document processing apparatus with a transmitting unit and a receiving unit, the transmitting unit capable of making document data by using a plurality of font data sets, the receiving unit capable of... |
| 5313565 |
Output processing system permitting efficient loading of media resource information used in an output device |
| May-17-1994 |
In a system comprising a data processing unit and at least one output device, the data processing unit extracts from output information prepared by an application program media resource information needed... |
| 5263132 |
Method of formatting documents using flexible design models providing controlled copyfit and typeface selection |
| Nov-16-1993 |
A method for typographic design of a printed document utilizing typographical parameters designed by an expert typographer is provided. A standard body of text is executed in a standard font and a selected... |
| 5257351 |
Selective processing of a data stream based on font format |
| Oct-26-1993 |
The system and method of this invention processes a data stream based on the structure of a font file which can be varied by a user or application of the processing system. The font file not only contains... |
| 5251293 |
Character display apparatus |
| Oct-5-1993 |
A character display apparatus comprises at least a memory for storing a character code designating a desirable character and attribute data designating an attribute thereof as one pair of data; a first... |
| 5233685 |
Method and apparatus for integrated graphical and textual character printing |
| Aug-3-1993 |
A method and apparatus for utilizing a digital computer to print characters of multiple fonts, both textually and graphically, on a single printer from within a single document [is disclosed]. Existing... |
| 5185818 |
Method of substituting fonts and displaying characters |
| Feb-9-1993 |
The invention describes a method for reconstructing characters in a document, which are expressed in one or more fonts, to convert the characters to a different font designed to closely match characters... |
| 5151954 |
Device capable of modifying a character according to a selected attribute code |
| Sep-29-1992 |
For use in a character display device, a modifying device comprises first and second memories. The first memory memorizes a character code representative of a character which should be displayed. The second... |
| 5150460 |
Apparatus for character output with modification of character code array |
| Sep-22-1992 |
This invention proposes an output apparatus for storing a plurality of internal character code data for accessing character fonts corresponding to input code data and outputting a character pattern on... |
| 5142613 |
Font managing apparatus for a character generator |
| Aug-25-1992 |
In a printing system having insertable font cartridges, a font managing apparatus selects fonts when there is a change in the font to be printed. For example, when a font cartridge is detached or interchanged,... |
| 5131090 |
Word processor with simplified character train designation for modifying fonts |
| Jul-14-1992 |
In a word processing apparatus, the input characters can be printed in various printing forms such as an inclined character, a void character and a shadow character. The word processing apparatus properly... |
| 5113491 |
Pattern drawing system having a processor for drawing the profile of the pattern and a processor for painting the drawn profile |
| May-12-1992 |
The pattern drawing system consists of a first data processor which develops the outline font data, calculates the coordinates of the points on the profile of a pattern and, according to the calculated... |
| 5109352 |
System for encoding a collection of ideographic characters |
| Apr-28-1992 |
A computer input system for Chinese and Japanese characters. The different strokes for composing the characters are classified into different groups, each identified by a code number. The strings of code... |
| 5050121 |
Communication system which uses characters that represent binary-coded decimal numbers |
| Sep-17-1991 |
A computer system which creates many styles of character sets whose characters represent either a group of five-bit or a group of eight-bit binary-coded decimal numbers. The character sets are used for... |
| 5050098 |
Printer initialization system |
| Sep-17-1991 |
A printer control system which enables the using application program to automatically selectively alter printer default parameters, to automatically selectively delete previously downloaded fonts and macros,... |
| 5001697 |
Method to automatically vary displayed object size with variations in window size |
| Mar-19-1991 |
A method to maintain all of the information that is originally displayed in a window on the display screen in an interactive information handling system, as the size of the window is decreased. A plurality... |
| 4992954 |
Method of storing character patterns and character pattern utilization system |
| Feb-12-1991 |
In a character pattern utilization system provided with a plurality of character patterns differing in size or style from one another for each of a plurality of characters which are associated with corresponding... |
| 4987550 |
Selective processing of a data stream based on font format |
| Jan-22-1991 |
The system and method of this invention processes a data stream based on the structure of a font file which can be varied by a user or application of the processing system. The font file not only contains... |
| 4954979 |
Personal computer with multiple independent CRT displays of ideographic and/or ASCII characters having loadable font memory for storing digital representations of subset or special characters |
| Sep-4-1990 |
A plurality of language display control cards are provided for insertion into the motherboard of a personal computer, each card having connector means to which a CRT display and a keyboard may be connected.... |
| 4837712 |
Data processing apparatus |
| Jun-6-1989 |
A data processing apparatus comprises a document memory which stores a document, and a type style in which the document should be printed out is designated. The document may also be edited. The document... |
| 4594674 |
Generating and storing electronic fonts |
| Jun-10-1986 |
A large plurality of electronically-stored fonts are managed and selected for use in a particular presentation (printing, display) of a document represented by electrical signals by either an explicit... |
| 4393463 |
Insertion of character set change codes in an altered text stream |
| Jul-12-1983 |
A word processing system is disclosed in which a text stream is stored for recall and editing. The characters in the text stream can be derived from a number of keyboard character sets but each character... |
| 4359286 |
Character set expansion |
| Nov-16-1982 |
A method of, and system for, increasing the number of characters available to be printed with a single print element. If a printer is printing from storage and the character being presented to the printer... |
| 4204208 |
Display of video images |
| May-20-1980 |
The system displays video images of data characters or other graphics with video modifications being made thereto. A coded data character is provided which represents a first graphical image from a first... |
| 4180805 |
System for displaying character and graphic information on a color video display with unique multiple memory arrangement |
| Dec-25-1979 |
A system for displaying character and graphic information on a color video display utilizes a unique memory architecture. A display memory having a plurality of addressable words corresponding to character... |
| 3996584 |
Data handling system having a plurality of interrelated character generators |
| Dec-7-1976 |
The system includes at least two character generators, one for U.S. alphanumeric symbols, and the other for systems which use a majority of U.S. symbols, but each of which has a group of unique characters,... |
