Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Rickner

Thomas A. Rickner 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).

  • Patent number: 9691169
    Abstract: A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations that include receiving data representing a glyph in a font to present the glyph on a display. In response to operations being executed to present the glyph on the display, operations include identifying one or more values shared by glyphs of the font for adjusting the appearance of the glyph, from a data table stored with the glyph in the font. Operations also include adjusting a representation of the glyph using the identified one or more shared values for presentation on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Monotype Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Sampo Juhani Kaasila, Thomas A. Rickner
  • Publication number: 20150348297
    Abstract: A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations that include receiving data representing a glyph in a font to present the glyph on a display. In response to operations being executed to present the glyph on the display, operations include identifying one or more values shared by glyphs of the font for adjusting the appearance of the glyph, from a data table stored with the glyph in the font. Operations also include adjusting a representation of the glyph using the identified one or more shared values for presentation on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Monotype Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Sampo Juhani Kaasila, Thomas A. Rickner
  • Publication number: 20130155098
    Abstract: A computing device-implemented method includes analyzing a set of executable instructions that define an outline of a font glyph for assigning points of the outline into two or more groups. The method also includes manipulating the points assigned to the two or more groups for adjusting the displayed appearance of the font glyph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas A. Rickner, David G. Opstad
  • Patent number: D520050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Matteson, Thomas A. Rickner, Maria Glenda de Guzman, Jim Wasco, Carl Crossgrove