Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Buchanan

Thomas P. Buchanan 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).

  • Managing presentation and storing of multi-language fonts
    Patent number: 8504916
    Abstract: Methods and structures for improved font management providing for selection of one or more subsets of a selected typeface font in a font management program. A user is presented with information identifying one or more subsets of related code points in a selected typeface in a font management program. By selecting one or more subsets from the presented information, the user may reduce wasted presentation or management of code points in the typeface that are not presently of interest to the user. For example, when managing a Unicode typeface, a user may be prompted to select one or more language subsets prior to printing/displaying a matrix of the glyphs of the selected typeface. The presentation of glyphs or other code point information may then be limited to only the selected one or more subsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Production Print Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Thomas P. Buchanan, Jeffery A. Engelman, James M. Herold, David E. Stone
  • METHODS AND STRUCTURE FOR MANAGING PRESENTATION OF MULTI-LANGUAGE FONTS
    Publication number: 20090015856
    Abstract: Methods and structures for improved font management providing for selection of one or more subsets of a selected typeface font in a font management program. A user is presented with information identifying one or more subsets of related code points in a selected typeface in a font management program. By selecting one or more subsets from the presented information, the user may reduce wasted presentation or management of code points in the typeface that are not presently of interest to the user. For example, when managing a Unicode typeface, a user may be prompted to select one or more language subsets prior to printing/displaying a matrix of the glyphs of the selected typeface. The presentation of glyphs or other code point information may then be limited to only the selected one or more subsets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas P. Buchanan, Jeffery A. Engelman, James M. Herold, David E. Stone