Method of spelling out a word before an audience

• US 5,425,642 A
• Filed: 01/25/1994
• Issued: 06/20/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert J. Hess
• Original Assignee: Robert J. Hess
• Inventors: Hess, Robert J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Jeffrey A.
• Application Number:
  US08/187,104
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 434/128, 434/167, 434/156, 273/272, 273/439, 273/299
• US Class Current: 434/167
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2250/64 used for radio or television, e.g. television shows; used in front of an audience
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0423 Word games, e.g. scrabble electric A63F3/0421; two-dimensional puzzles with rotating rings or discs A63F9/0811, A63F9/0819
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 3/00 Manually or mechanically operated teaching appliances working with questions and answers electrically-operated G09B7/00; e.g. G09B7/063 advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/073 all student stations being capable of presenting the same questions simultaneously

Abstract

Capturing the attention of the audience by having them watch letters being arranged on a blackboard in what appears to be a completely random, jumbled manner as words germane to the topic of discussion are enunciated, and then seeing those letters combined, perhaps with a few filler letters, to spell out yet another word which also is germane to the topic of discussion.

Claims

1. A method of spelling out a word before an audience, comprising the steps of:

communicating to an audience a plurality of words germane to a common topic;

displaying at least one string of letters each of said letters being found in a respective one of said words;

arranging the letters relative to each other during the step of displaying so that a different word may be spelled out with the letters as arranged, the different word being germane to the common topic; and

spelling out the different word with those letters as arranged.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein the step of communicating includes enunciating words germane to intellecutual property as the common topic, the step of spelling including spelling out the different word which contains in order at least the letters C, O, P, Y, C, A, and T.

3. A method as in claim 1, further comprising the step of recording the steps of communicating, displaying, arranging and spelling for subsequent playback of the recording.

4. A method as in claim 3, further comprising the step of playing back the recording as part of any one of a commercial, game show, group game and speech before an audience.

5. A method as in claim 1, further comprising the step of carrying out the steps of communicating, displaying, arranging and spelling as part of any one of a commercial, game show, group game and speech before an audience.

6. A method as in claim 1, further comprising the step of filling in additional letters where appropriate to complete a spelling of the different word.

7. A method of spelling out a word before an audience, comprising the steps of:

soliciting an audience to communicate a plurality of words germane to a common topic;

displaying at least one string of letters each of said letters being found in a respective one of said words;

arranging the letters relative to each other during the step of displaying so that a different word may be spelled out with the letters as arranged, the different word being germane to the common topic; and

spelling out the different word with those letters as arranged.

8. A method as in claim 7, wherein the step of soliciting includes causing members of the audience to enunciate words germane to intellecutual property as the common topic, the step of spelling including spelling out the different word which contains in order at least the letters C, O, P, Y, C, A, and T.

9. A method as in claim 7, further comprising the step of recording the steps of soliciting, displaying, arranging and spelling for subsequent playback of the recording.

10. A method as in claim 9, further comprising the step of playing back the recording as part of any one of a commercial, game show, group game and speech before an audience.

11. A method as in claim 7, further comprising the step of carrying out the steps of soliciting, displaying, arranging and spelling as part of any one of a commercial, game show, group game and speech before an audience.

12. A method as in claim 7, further comprising the step of filling in additional letters where appropriate to complete a spelling of the different word.

13. A method of spelling out a word before an audience, comprising the steps of:

enunciating a plurality of words germane to a common topic;

displaying at least one string of letters each of said letters being found in a respective one of said words;

arranging the letters relative to each other during the step of displaying so that a different word may be spelled out with the letters as arranged, the different word being germane to the common topic; and

spelling out the different word with those letters as arranged.

14. A method as in claim 13, wherein the step of enunciating includes speaking words germane to intellecutual property as the common topic, the step of spelling including spelling out the different word which contains in order at least the letters C, O, P, Y, C, A, and T.

15. A method as in claim 13, further comprising the step of recording the steps of enunciating, displaying, arranging and spelling for subsequent playback of the recording.

16. A method as in claim 15, further comprising the step of playing back the recording as part of any one of a commercial, game show, group game and speech before an audience.

17. A method as in claim 13, further comprising the step of carrying out the steps of enunciating, displaying, arranging and spelling as part of any one of a commercial, game show, group game, and speech before an audience.

18. A method as in claim 13, further comprising the step of filling in additional letters where appropriate to complete a spelling of the different word.