Word listing system

• US 5,055,049 A
• Filed: 01/25/1990
• Issued: 10/08/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Peter B. Kasravi
• Original Assignee: Peter B. Kasravi
• Inventors: Kasravi, Peter B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Richman, Glenn E.
• Application Number:
  US07/472,430
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 273/148 R, 273/153 R, 273/272, 434/156, 434/167, 434/177, 434/157, 434/172, 364/900
• US Class Current: 434/156
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/0428 Crosswords
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/0038 Dictionaries of encyclopedia
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0421 Electric word or number games
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/247 Thesauruses; Synonyms

Abstract

A word listing system adapted to be complied into an electronic or print dictionary or compendium wherein the words are arranged in columns. There is a vertical guide column which indexes words arranged horizontally in said columns by corresponding letters alphabetically arranged therein. Said words may extend horizontally on either side of said column, end or begin with the letter in said guide columns. Each word in said list is reproduced at least twice in said compendium.

Claims

1. A word listing system wherein each word therein is located in more than one place in said listing, said system including:

a plurality of vertical columns of words, wherein each word is arranged on a horizontal plane and each letter of each word is arranged in vertical character rows and each row is vertically arranged whereby one character may be above another;

a vertical aligned guide column for each plurality of vertical columns of words, said guide column includes the same letter of each word successively displayed in said column no matter where in the horizontal word listed that particular letter appears, wherein said letters appearing in said guide column are alphabetically arranged and additional letters of said horizontal word may appear on either side of said guide column.

2. A word listing system as defined in claim 1 wherein said vertical aligned guide columns each include:

visual means to designate said columns over any other vertical columns of letters.

3. A word listing system as defined in claim 2 wherein said visual means includes:

highlighting said guide columns.

4. A word listing system as defined in claim 2 wherein said visual means includes:

underlining said letters in said guide columns.

5. A word listing system as defined in claim 1 wherein:

each word of said listing in said vertical columns will appear in said columns as many times as the number of letters in said word, and said multiple listings will be alphabetical dependant upon which letter is being placed in said guide column and the letters adjacent to said letter in said guide column will shift relative to said guide column correspondingly.

6. A word listing system as defined in claim 1 wherein:

a visual segment guide is placed between letters of a word in said listing, other than in said guide column, to designate a segment of said word, which segment guide designates to the right thereof and word segment which is a common segment with other words and will appear elsewhere in said listing.

7. A word listing system as defined in claim 6 wherein:

said visual segment guide is a colon.

8. A word listing system as defined in claim 1 wherein:

said word is listed twice in said listing, wherein said initial letter of said word is located in the vertical guide column and a second listing places the first letter of any segment of said word that is a recognized segment in said vertical guide column.