Patent ID: 7155672
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for dynamic font subsetting, the method comprising: an intermediate network device receiving, over a first network, a first request for requested electronic content from an electronic device; the intermediate network device obtaining the requested electronic content from a second network, the requested electronic content including a plurality of characters in one or more desired languages; the intermediate network device scanning the requested electronic content to identify one or more sets of glyphs in the requested electronic content used for the plurality of characters in the one or more desired languages; creating one or more glyph sub-sets for the one or more identified sets of glyphs, wherein the one or more glyph sub-sets include the sets of glyphs identified in the requested electronic content; the intermediate network device, responsive to the scanning of the requested electronic content and the creating of the one or more glyph sub-sets, inserting one or more directives in the requested electronic content to identify the one or more glyph sub-sets, thereby creating modified electronic content, wherein a directive from the one or more directives identifies a set of glyphs from the one or more sets of glyphs identified in the requested electronic content and a pre-determined encoding scheme used to encode the set of glyphs; and the intermediate network device sending the modified electronic content to the electronic device over the first network.