Apparatus, computer readable medium and method for effectively using visual indicators in 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; and
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 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, wherein a plurality of polysemous symbols on sequentially linked electronic screen overlays include at least one symbol useable as a terminal symbol in polysemous symbol sequences to produce respective words with a same grammatical function or belonging to a same part of speech.
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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, a plurality of the provided polysemous symbols including a visual indicator indicating a link to a different next level electronic screen overlay; storing, in a memory and in association with each one of the plurality of polysemous symbols, a pointer identifying display of the next level electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay; and displaying the next level electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay on the display, in response to initial selection of a respective one of the plurality of polysemous symbols including the visual indicator, the next level electronic screen overlay being the electronic screen overlay associated with the selected polysemous symbol.
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63 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; and 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 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, wherein a plurality of polysemous symbols on sequentially linked electronic screen overlays include at least one symbol useable as a terminal symbol in polysemous symbol sequences to produce respective words with a same grammatical function or belonging to a same part of speech. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
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an integrated input and display device configured to display an initial electronic screen overlay and configured to provide 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; a memory 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; and a processor to receive an indication of selection of one of the provided polysemous symbols, the integrated input and display device being further configured to display a second electronic screen overlay on the display, in response to the processor receiving the indication of 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 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 similarity situated polysemous symbol previously displayed for selection on the initial electronic screen overlay, wherein a plurality of polysemous symbols on sequentially linked electronic screen overlays include at least one symbol useable as a terminal symbol in polysemous symbol sequences to produce respective words with a same grammatical function or belonging to a same part of speech. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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providing polysemous symbols for selection on an initial electronic screen overlay displayed on a display, a subset of the plurality of the polysemous symbols being displayed with a first background color, the first background color indicating a grammatical function or part of speech; 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, 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, wherein at least one of plurality of polysemous symbols displayed for selection on the second electronic screen overlay is displayed with a second background color, indicating a different grammatical function or part of speech than indicated by the first background color, that is different from the first background color of a similarly situated polysemous symbol previously displayed for selection on the initial electronic screen overlay. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus, comprising:
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an integrated input and display device configured to display an initial electronic screen overlay and configured to provide polysemous symbols for selection on the initial electronic screen overlay, a subset of the plurality of the polysemous symbols being displayed with a first background color, the first background color indicating a grammatical function or part of speech; 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; and a processor, configured to control the integrated input and display device to display a second electronic screen overlay, in response to the processor receiving an indication of 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, wherein at least one of plurality of polysemous symbols displayed for selection on the second electronic screen overlay is displayed with a second background color, indicating a different grammatical function or part of speech than indicated by the first background color, that is different from the first background color of a similarly situated polysemous symbol previously displayed for selection on the initial electronic screen overlay. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. 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 provided polysemous symbols including an associated visual indicator indicating a link to a next level electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay; storing, in a memory and in association with each one of the plurality of polysemous symbols, a pointer identifying display of the next level electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay; and displaying the next level electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay on the display, in response to initial selection of a respective one of the plurality of polysemous symbols including the visual indicator, the next level electronic screen overlay including a plurality of symbols, each of the plurality of symbols of the second electronic screen overlay being associated with the selected polysemous symbol, wherein at least one of plurality of polysemous symbols displayed for selection on the second electronic screen overlay either includes an associated visual indicator when a similarly situated polysemous symbol on the initial electronic screen overlay did not include an associated visual indicator or does not include an associated electronic screen overlay included an associated visual indicator. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An apparatus, comprising:
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an integrated input and display device configured to provide polysemous symbols for selection on an initial electronic screen overlay, a plurality of the provided polysemous symbols including an associated visual indicator indicating a link to a next level electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay; and a memory configured to store, in association with each one of the plurality of polysemous symbols, a pointer identifying display of the next level electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay, the integrated input and display device being configured to display the next level electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay, in response to initial selection of a respective one of the plurality of polysemous symbols including the visual indicator, the next level electronic screen overlay including a plurality of symbols, each of the plurality of symbols of the next level electronic screen overlay being associated with the selected polysemous symbol, wherein at least one of plurality of polysemous symbols displayed for selection on the second electronic screen overlay either includes an associated visual indicator when a similarly situated polysemous symbol on the initial electronic screen overlay did not include an associated visual indicator or does not include an associated visual indicator when a similarly situated polysemous symbol on the initial electronic screen overlay included an associated visual indicator. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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