System and method for effectively navigating polysemous symbols across a plurality of linked electronic screen overlays
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- providing polysemous symbols for selection on an initial electronic screen overlay displayed on a display, a plurality of the polysemous symbols being displayed with at least one word;
storing, in a memory, a plurality of the selectable polysemous symbols in association with a pointer identifying display of an electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay;
displaying on the display, in response to initial selection of one of the provided polysemous symbols, the second electronic screen overlay different from the initial electronic screen overlay and including a plurality of symbols, each of the plurality of symbols of the second electronic screen overlay being associated with the selected polysemous symbol and at least one of the plurality of the polysemous sysmbols of the second electronic screen overlay being displayed with at least one word different from the at least one word displayed with a similarly situated polysemous symbol previously displayed for selection on the initial electronic screen overlay; and
in response to selection of one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay, eitherdisplaying a third electronic screen overlay on the display which is different from the second electronic screen overlay and which includes symbols associated with the selected one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay, oroutputting at least one of a word, phoneme, message and phrase, the output at least one of a word, sentence, phoneme, message, letter, number, morpheme, command and phrase being stored in the memory in association with a symbol sequence including the initially selected polysemous symbol and the selected one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer readable medium are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes providing polysemous symbols for selection on an initial electronic screen overlay displayed on a display; storing, in a memory, a plurality of the selectable polysemous symbols in association with a pointer identifying display of an electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay; and displaying a second electronic screen overlay on the display, in response to initial selection of one of the provided polysemous symbols. In at least one embodiment, the second electronic screen overlay is the electronic screen overlay associated with the selected polysemous symbol.
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51 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing polysemous symbols for selection on an initial electronic screen overlay displayed on a display, a plurality of the polysemous symbols being displayed with at least one word; storing, in a memory, a plurality of the selectable polysemous symbols in association with a pointer identifying display of an electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay; displaying on the display, in response to initial selection of one of the provided polysemous symbols, the second electronic screen overlay different from the initial electronic screen overlay and including a plurality of symbols, each of the plurality of symbols of the second electronic screen overlay being associated with the selected polysemous symbol and at least one of the plurality of the polysemous sysmbols of the second electronic screen overlay being displayed with at least one word different from the at least one word displayed with a similarly situated polysemous symbol previously displayed for selection on the initial electronic screen overlay; and in response to selection of one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay, either displaying a third electronic screen overlay on the display which is different from the second electronic screen overlay and which includes symbols associated with the selected one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay, or outputting at least one of a word, phoneme, message and phrase, the output at least one of a word, sentence, phoneme, message, letter, number, morpheme, command and phrase being stored in the memory in association with a symbol sequence including the initially selected polysemous symbol and the selected one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus, comprising:
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an integrated input and display device configured to provide displayed polysemous symbols for selection on an initial electronic screen overlay, a plurality of the polysemous symbols being displayed with at least one word; and a memory configured to store a plurality of the selectable polysemous symbols in association with a pointer identifying display of an electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay, the integrated input and display device being configured to display a second electronic screen overlay, in response to selection of one of the provided polysemous symbols, different from the initial electronic screen overlay and including a plurality of symbols, each of the plurality of symbols of the second electronic screen overlay being associated with the selected polysemous symbol and at least one of the plurality of the polysemous symbols of the second electronic screen overlay being displayed with at least one word different from the at least one word displayed with a similarly situated polysemous symbol previously displayed for selection on the initial electronic screen overlay; and in response to selection of one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay, either the integrated input and display device being configured to display a third electronic screen overlay on the display which is different from the second electronic screen overlay and which includes symbols associated with the selected one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay, or an output device being configured to output at least one of a word, phoneme, message and phrase, the output at least one of a word, sentence, phoneme, message, letter, number, morpheme, command and phrase being stored in the memory in association with a symbol sequence including the initially selected polysemous symbol and the selected one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method, comprising:
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displaying, on a display, a virtual keyboard including a plurality of polysemous symbols for selection on an initial electronic screen overlay, a plurality of the polysemous symbols being displayed with at least one word; storing, in a memory, a plurality of the selectable polysemous symbols in association with a pointer identifying display of an electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay; displaying a second electronic screen overlay on the display, in response to initial selection of one of the provided polysemous symbols, the second electronic screen overlay being different from the initial electronic screen overlay and including a plurality of symbols, each of the plurality of symbols of the second electronic screen overlay being associated with the selected polysemous symbol and including a virtual keyboard wherein less than all of a plurality of key locations on the virtual keyboard include a non-polysemous symbol, at least one of the plurality of the polysemous symbols of the second electronic screen overlay being displayed with at least one word different from the at least one word displayed with a similarly situated polysemous symbol previously displayed for selection on the initial electronic screen overlay; displaying a third electronic screen overlay on the display in place of the second electronic screen overlay, or outputting at least one of a word, sentence, phoneme, message, letter, number, morpheme, command and phrase, in response to selection of one of the non-polysemous symbols; and outputting at least one of a word, sentence, phoneme, message, letter, number, morpheme, command and phrase and displaying the initial electronic screen overlay in place of the third electronic screen overlay, in response to the third electronic screen being displayed and in response to subsequent selection of one of the non-polysemous symbols of the third electronic screen overlay. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A apparatus, comprising:
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an integrated input and display configured to display a virtual keyboard including a plurality of polysemous symbols for selection on an initial electronic screen overlay, a plurality of the polysemous symbols being displayed with at least one word; a memory, configured to store a plurality of the selectable polysemous symbols in association with a pointer identifying display of an electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay; a processor configured to determine initial selection of one of the provided polysemous symbols, and configured to control the display of a second electronic screen overlay on the integrated input and display, in response to the determined initial selection, the second electronic screen overlay being different from the initial electronic screen overlay and including a plurality of symbols, each of the plurality of symbols of the second electronic screen overlay being associated with the selected polysemous symbol and including a virtual keyboard wherein less than all of a plurality of key location on the virtual keyboard include a non-polysemous symbol, at least one of the plurality of the polysemous symbols of the second electronic screen overlay being displayed with at least one word different from the at least one word displayed with a similarly situated polysemous symbol previously displayed for selection on the initial electronic screen overlay, the integrated input and display device being further configured to either control output of at least one of a word, sentence, phoneme, message, letter, number, morpheme, command and phrase or display a third electronic screen overlay on the display in place of the second electronic screen overlay, in response to the processor determining selection of one of the non-polysemous symbols; and an output device, configured to output at least one of a word, sentence, phoneme, message, letter, number, morpheme, command and phrase, the initial electronic screen overlay being displayed in place of the third electronic screen overlay, in response to the processor controlling the display of the third electronic screen and in response to the processor subsequently determining selection of one of the non-polysemous symbols of the third electronic screen overlay. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51)
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