Apparatus, computer readable medium and method for effectively using visual indicators in navigating polysemous symbols across a plurality of linked electronic screen overlays

摘要

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.

主权项

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.