APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTIVELY NAVIGATING POLYSEMOUS SYMBOLS ACROSS A PLURALITY OF LINKED ELECTRONIC SCREEN OVERLAYS, INCLUDING USE WITH VISUAL INDICATORS

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 associa...

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Hauptverfasser: BUTLER, GLENNA L, HALLORAN, JOHN D, KOVACS, THOMAS R, HERSHBERGER, DAVID H, READ, ROB, HALLORAN, CINDY C, BAKER, BRUCE R, CROSS, RUSSELL T
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Zusammenfassung: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. In at least one other 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. L'invention concerne un procédé, un appareil et un support lisible par ordinateur. Selon au moins un mode de réalisation, le procédé consiste à fournir des symboles polysémiques devant être sélectionnés sur un recouvrement d'écran électronique initial, affiché sur un dispositif d'affichage ; à stocker, dans une mémoire, une pluralité des symboles polysémiques sélectionnables en association avec un pointeur identifiant l'affichage d'un recouvrement d'écran électronique qui est différent du recouvrement d'écran électronique initial ; à afficher un second recouvrement d'écran électronique sur le dispositif d'affichage, en réponse à une sélection initiale de l'un des symboles polysémiques fournis. Selon au moins un mode de réalisation, le second recouvrement d'écran électronique est le recouvrement d'écran électronique associé au symbole polysémiq