Patents by Inventor André Nicolas Mailhot

André Nicolas Mailhot has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Extracting font metadata from font files into searchable metadata for package distribution
    Patent number: 9164967
    Abstract: A package installer identifies a font package that facilitates rendering a font of a file being opened by a user based on font metadata downloaded from the remote server. The font metadata includes information identifying one or more font packages available for download from the remote server. Font metadata associated with each font package further indicates one or more fonts supported by the corresponding font package. A graphical user interface (GUI) is displayed to the user prompting whether the user desires to install the identified font package. The GUI further indicates that an additional font needs to be installed in order to view the file correctly. In response to an input from the user via the GUI, the package installer downloads the font package from the remote server for local installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Hughes, Behdad Esfahbod, André Nicolas Mailhot
  • METHOD FOR EXTRACTING FONT METADATA FROM FONT FILES INTO SEARCHABLE METADATA FOR PACKAGE DISTRIBUTION
    Publication number: 20110126191
    Abstract: A package installer identifies a font package that facilitates rendering a font of a file being opened by a user based on font metadata downloaded from the remote server. The font metadata includes information identifying one or more font packages available for download from the remote server. Font metadata associated with each font package further indicates one or more fonts supported by the corresponding font package. A graphical user interface (GUI) is displayed to the user prompting whether the user desires to install the identified font package. The GUI further indicates that an additional font needs to be installed in order to view the file correctly. In response to an input from the user via the GUI, the package installer downloads the font package from the remote server for local installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: RED HAT, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Hughes, Behdad Esfahbod, André Nicolas Mailhot