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Procede et systeme de fourniture de polices de caracteres et serveur maitre de polices de caracteres Download PDF

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WO2004019249A1
WO2004019249A1 PCT/JP2002/008388 JP0208388W WO2004019249A1 WO 2004019249 A1 WO2004019249 A1 WO 2004019249A1 JP 0208388 W JP0208388 W JP 0208388W WO 2004019249 A1 WO2004019249 A1 WO 2004019249A1
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Hiroshi Nou
Katsuya Shimatu
Tomoko Motokado
Yasunori Toda
Nobuaki Usui
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Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp
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  • Font Font providing method and system, and master font server
  • the present invention relates to a method and a system for enabling a client to obtain a desired font not installed in a network environment, and a master font server.
  • standard character code systems such as JIS and Shift-JIS.
  • This is the so-called “inner character”.
  • kanji for personal names and kanji for place names that are not actually included in the standard character code system.
  • the kanji for personal names has a variety of "variant characters” that are considered to be derived from one parent character. For example, there are “Saisai Saisei” and "Henbebe".
  • Fonts such as company logos and special characters necessary for business.
  • a first object of the present invention is to automatically assign the same character code to the same character and provide the same to the same character regardless of the font manufacturer when the user needs the external character font. This is to avoid troubles related to the use of external characters.
  • a second object of the present invention is to make it possible for a user to efficiently input and receive an external character font via a network when the user needs the font.
  • a plurality of subsystems each having a plurality of client devices, a plurality of font providing devices connected to the subsystem via a network, and the plurality of subsystems via a network are provided.
  • a font providing method in a font providing system comprising a system and a master font server connected to the font providing apparatus, wherein a font download is requested from one of the subsystems, and the requested font is provided. From one of multiple font providers
  • a font providing method including a step of converting a character code of a font to a common character code and downloading a font having the converted character code to a subsystem.
  • a font providing system including a plurality of subsystems each having a plurality of client devices, and a master font server connected to the subsystems via a network, wherein the subsystems are Includes means to request font download from the font providing device via the network, and the master font server converts the font character code provided by the font providing device into a common character code
  • a font providing system including means for downloading a font having the converted character code.
  • a plurality of subsystems each having a plurality of client devices, a plurality of font providing devices connected to the subsystem via a network, and the plurality of font providing devices connected to the subsystem via a network are provided.
  • a master font server for use in a font providing system comprising a font providing device and a master font server connected to the font providing device, wherein the master font server is requested from one of the subsystems and provided from one of a plurality of font providing devices.
  • a master font server having means for converting the character code of the font to a common character code and means for providing the converted character code to the subsystem.
  • a plurality of subsystems each having a plurality of client devices, a plurality of font providing devices connected to the subsystem via a network, the subsystem and the plurality of font providing devices via a network are provided.
  • a master font for use in a font providing system comprising a master font server connected to a font providing device.
  • a master font server which is an on-server and which includes means for charging for fonts requested by one of the subsystems and provided by one of the plurality of font providing devices.
  • a plurality of subsystems each having a plurality of client devices, a plurality of font providing devices connected to the subsystem via a network, and the plurality of subsystems via the network
  • a program is provided for causing a computer to implement means for converting a character code of a font provided from one of the data providing devices into a common character code, and means for providing the converted character code to a subsystem.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a font providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 2 shows an example of a menu screen displayed on the client device
  • Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation when "Character search" in Fig. 2 is selected;
  • Figure 4 shows an example of the screen displayed in "Specify Font” in Figure 3;
  • Figure 5 shows an example of the screen displayed in "Character search" in Figure 3;
  • Figure 6 shows an example of the screen displayed when downloading
  • Figure 7 is displayed when specifying the installation destination file Figure showing an example of the screen
  • FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the operation when “letter order” in FIG. 2 is selected.
  • Fig. 9 shows an example of the screen displayed in "Specify font" in Fig. 8.
  • Figure 10 shows an example of the screen displayed in the "character search" of Figure 8.
  • Figure 11 shows an example of the screen displayed when downloading
  • Figure 12 shows an example of the screen displayed when specifying the installation destination file
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of information held by the master font server
  • FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining a billing process
  • Fig. 15 illustrates the price determination based on the number of down calls.
  • Fig. 16 illustrates the price determination based on the number of clients;
  • Fig. 17 illustrates the price determination based on the resolution of the printer.
  • FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a flow of processing of the entire system. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
  • FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • 10 shows subsystems interconnected by LA Nil, 12 of which are PC and WS user terminals connected as multiple clients.
  • 14 is an output device such as a printer
  • 16 is a font server
  • 18 is a database of font data.
  • Reference numeral 20 denotes each font maker, each of which has a font database 22 for external characters.
  • 24 is a master font server.
  • the font database 18 is searched through the font server 16. If the desired external character is included in the font database 18, it is downloaded to the terminal 12 and used. If it is not included, it is downloaded from the font database 22 of the desired font maker 20 via the master font server 24, and the downloaded font is stored in the font server 16 and the user terminal 12 from there. Downloaded to A character code common to each maker is already assigned to the external character font in the master font server 24, and font data is automatically installed at the code position. At that time, the master font server 24 sends the accounting information to the font terminal 20 and the user terminal 12. The user pays for the font at regular intervals, and the font maker pays the management fee of the master font server 24 to the system manager.
  • the font server 16 may have a function of automatically installing an external character in all the client terminals 12.
  • PC * WS has about 10,000 fonts per typeface, but some font manufacturers have more than 60,000 characters. With this system, users can utilize a huge amount of font resources with simple operations.
  • the character code is converted into a common character code in the master font server 24 and is automatically installed. The problem of missing or incorrect display of external characters due to differences in character codes between fonts is solved.
  • the user When a user receives an electronic document and contains external characters that the user does not have, the user launches a dedicated application to obtain the external character data.
  • the application displays the menu screen by inputting the user name and password.
  • Fig. 2 shows the menu screen of the user's application
  • Fig. 3 shows the flow of processing when [Character Search] is activated.
  • [character search] is started (step 1000)
  • a font is specified (step 1002)
  • a desired character is searched (step 1004).
  • the database 18 of the font server 16 in the subsystem is searched, and if there is no corresponding character, a message to that effect is displayed (step 1006). If it exists, a screen to select whether to download is displayed (Step 1008), and the download is executed (Step 1012) or Cancel is selected.
  • Step 1010 specify the file name of the external character font that stores the downloaded characters.
  • the same code as the character code of the font server 16 is assigned to the downloaded character.
  • the character does not exist in the font server 16 in the subsystem and it is necessary to obtain the character from the font maker 20, start [Character Order] from the menu screen.
  • a character is specified, the character code, amount, etc. of that character are displayed, a selection screen for downloading is displayed, and execution or cancellation is selected.
  • the database 22 of the font maker 20 having the specified font is accessed, and first, the font in the subsystem is accessed. Downloaded to the terminal server 16, and then automatically downloaded to the terminal 12.
  • the same code as the character code of the master font server 24 is assigned to the font.
  • FIG. 4 shows a screen displayed in “designate font” of step 1002 in FIG.
  • FIG. 5 shows a screen displayed in “character search” in step 1004 of FIG.
  • characters can be searched by entering the radical, stroke count, and reading.
  • a character list can be selected and selected from a list as shown in FIG. 5 (2). If you double-click the searched character, the character and its information are displayed as shown in Fig. 5 (3), and when you select it, the screen of Fig. 5 (4) is displayed. If you want to select another character, the screen returns to Fig. 5 (1).
  • FIG. 6 shows the screen displayed in step 1008 of FIG. When the selection of the character is completed, a screen for selecting whether to download the character is displayed.
  • FIG. 7 shows the screen displayed in step 1010 of FIG. When you select a download, a screen to select or enter the font file to download to is displayed.
  • Fig. 8 shows the flow of processing when [Character Order] is started on the menu screen of Fig. 2, and Fig. 9 shows the menu screen when [Character Order] is started.
  • [Character Order] is activated (Fig. 8: Step 1100)
  • the screen shown in Fig. 9 (1) is displayed, and the font to be searched is specified here (Step 1102).
  • the name of the font maker provided via the master font server is displayed in a pull-down menu.
  • the type of font is selected on the screen of Fig. 9 (3)
  • the font name is selected on the screen of Fig. 9 (4).
  • FIG. 10 shows the screen displayed in steps 1104, 1104 and 1106 of FIG.
  • characters can be searched by inputting radicals, stroke counts, and readings.
  • a character list can be selected and selected from a list as shown in FIG. 10 (2).
  • the searched character is double-clicked, the character and its information are displayed as shown in Fig. 10 (3).
  • the screen of Fig. 10 (4) is displayed and the amount of money is displayed. If you want to select another character, the screen returns to Fig. 10 (1).
  • FIG. 11 shows a screen displayed in step 1110 of FIG. When the character selection is completed, a selection screen for whether to download the character is displayed.
  • FIG. 12 shows a screen displayed in step 1112 of FIG. When download is selected, a screen for selecting or inputting the font file of the download destination is displayed.
  • the font maker does not have the characters when ordering the characters, order the characters by transmitting the desired glyphs by mail, fax, e-mail with image files attached, etc.
  • the stall is performed as described above.
  • Figure 13 shows the information held by the master font server 24 ( Figure 1).
  • the character font downloaded via the master font server 24 is given a code determined by this conversion table.
  • a plurality of subsystems 10 (FIG. 1) have the same code for the same character even between fonts downloaded from different font makers 20.
  • the master font server 24 also has user management information as shown in FIG. 13 (2). Information such as the address of the font server of each user connected to the master font server, the number of clients, and the resolution of the printer used is registered when the system is installed.
  • the master font server 24 further has information on the unit price and the number of downloads for each character as shown in Fig. 13 (3).
  • the unit price can be automatically reduced according to the number of downloads.
  • the master ounce serper 24 further has charge information as shown in FIG. 13 (4).
  • a font is downloaded from the font maker's server
  • the downloaded user date, font, number of characters, etc. are recorded, and the amount calculated by the specified method is also recorded.
  • the user specifies the font file at the time of downloading and the character code common to each font maker is specified in advance as the external character.
  • the external character is automatically installed in the font file and registered as the external character because the password is assigned.
  • the downloaded font is stored in the font file. Since the installation is automatically performed, it is not easy to extract the font data alone, and as a result, it may help the font maker to prevent the copying of the fonts that are nervous.
  • the master font server 24 creates accounting information (step 1202).
  • the master font server 24 records the download user, date, font type and number of characters, and determines the amount. Although the amount of money may be simply set by the number of characters or the amount of data, weighting may be performed for each character or for each user.
  • Step 1212 users with a large number of clients should pay more than users with a small number of clients, and output printers should also pay more for users with higher resolution.
  • Step 1214 the pricing in distinction of less than 1200 dpi (step 1214). This information can be referred to from the user management information of the master font server.
  • the payment from the user may be a transfer or a debit from a designated account.
  • the system maker charges administrative fees for the master font server to the font maker. This may be a fixed amount or a fixed percentage depending on the font download.
  • FIG. 18 shows an outline of the processing flow described so far.
  • user information such as the number of clients and the printer resolution described with reference to FIG. 13 (2) is sent from the subsystem 10 to which the client belongs to the master font server 24 and registered ( Step 1300)
  • Step 1302 If there is a character search request from the terminal 12 of the subsystem 10 (Step 1302), the result is returned from the font maker 20 (Step 1304).
  • billing information is created in the master font server 24 (step 1308) and transmitted to the font maker 20 and the subsystem 10 (step 1306). 1310).
  • the font requested for purchase is first sent to the master font server 24 (step 1314).
  • the attached character code is converted to a common character code and provided to the subsystem 10 (step 1318).
  • the present invention has the following effects.
  • Font makers can sell letters without letting them use their text resources and without any operating costs.
  • the system maker can provide a comfortable external character environment to users who install the system.

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Un système comprend une pluralité de sous-systèmes (10) comportant chacun une pluralité d'appareils clients (12), des bases de données (22) d'une pluralité de fabricants (20) de polices de caractères connectées via un réseau aux sous-systèmes, et un serveur maître (24) de polices de caractères connecté aux sous-systèmes ainsi qu'aux fabricants de polices de caractères. Le nombre de clients dans chaque sous-système, les informations relatives à la résolution d'une imprimante (14) et analogues sont stockés dans le serveur maître de polices de caractères, à l'avance. Lorsque le téléchargement d'une police de caractères est demandé par un appareil client appartenant à un des sous-systèmes, un code de caractères d'une police de caractères fournie par un fabricant de polices de caractères, en réponse à la demande, est converti en un code de caractères commun aux fabricants de polices de caractères dans le serveur maître de polices de caractères, et il est fourni à l'appareil client. De plus, selon le nombre de clients, selon la résolution de l'imprimante et d'autres informations, le serveur maître de polices de caractères décide du prix de la police de caractères, il présente le prix au client et il facture au client.
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