System And Method For Dynamically Combining Images To Display Textual Content In The Form Of An Image
OwnerMateen Moosa, Marin Petkov +2inventors
InventorsMateen Moosa, Marin Petkov, Andrew Lindsay, Brian D. Young
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Abstract
The system and method for providing a composite image corresponding to a textual message. The composite image is generated by receiving a text message, parsing out styling information, using predetermined size and spacing for combinations of typographical characters in combinations with a graphics editing routine which allows for the recognition and translation of text into a series of images which can then be presented to a viewer as a composite image.
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A method for rendering text characters as a composite image comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving a text message including typographical characters having a given;
- b) parsing style characters from the text message;
- c) matching the typographical characters with predetermined text spacing information to provide a message size;
- d) comparing the message size with a desired text box size;
- e) where the message size is larger than the desired text box size, reducing the size of each typographical character and rematching predetermined text spacing information corresponding to the reduced size typographical characters to provide a smaller message size;
- f) calculating the final position of each typographical character within the desired text box size;
- g) loading image files corresponding to each typographical character within the desired text box size;
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- h) rendering a final composite image using the image files corresponding to each typographical character for delivery to remote viewers.
A system for rendering text characters for viewing as a composite image comprising:
- a) a server for receiving a text message containing an array of typographical characters;
- b) a parsing module located on the server for removing encoded characters and style characters and separating typographical text into characters;
- c) a memory connected to the server, the memory containing predetermined space and size information corresponding to a plurality of typographical characters including the array of typographical characters from the message;
- d) a sizing module connected to the memory for using the space and size information corresponding to the array of typographical characters;
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- e) a processing module connected to the output of the sizing module to position and load typographical character images so as to create a composite image corresponding to the text message for viewing by a browser.
A method for rendering text characters as a composite image comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving a text message including typographical characters having a given;
- b) parsing style characters from the text message;
- c) matching the typographical characters with predetermined text spacing information to provide a message size which is loaded into a desired text box size;
- d) calculating the final position of each typographical character within the desired text box size;
- e) loading image files corresponding to each typographical character within the desired text box size;
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- f) rendering a final composite image using the image files corresponding to each typographical character for delivery to remote viewers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.