System for method for producing synthetic plural word messages

A method for enabling an operator to retrieve and generate a selected plural word message from a large number of plural word messages relating to varied kinds of information stored in a system for producing messages, the system comprising memory means and a plurality of input devices actuable in any sequence, the method comprising:

• associating with each respective input device different polysemic pictorial illustrations of real life objects, each illustration being suggestive to an operator of the system of a plurality of types of information;
• defining a plurality of sequences of said polysemic pictorial illustrations, each sequence of illustrations being suggestive to an operator of the system of a semantic summary of a different plural word message;
• selecting a sequence of a plurality of said polysemic pictorial illustrations which is suggestive to an operator of said semantic summary of said selected message, the number of polysemic pictorial illustrations in the selected sequence being much less than the number of alphanumeric characters which constitute the plural word message when represented by formal alphanumeric language characters;
• actuating a plurality of said input devices having respectively and sequentially associated therewith said plurality of polysemic pictorial illustrations which is suggestive to an operator of said semantic summary of said selected message, thereby inputting a plurality of signals to the system indicative of which input devices have been actuated;
• retrieving said selected message corresponding to said plurality of signals from the memory means of the system;
• and
• outputting said selected plural word message.

A method for enabling an operator to retrieve and generate a selected plural word message from a large number of plural word messages relating to varied kinds of information stored in a system for producing messages, the system comprising memory means and a plurality of input devices actuable in any sequence, the method comprising:

• associating with each respective input device different polysemic pictorial illustrations of real life objects, said polysemic pictorial illustrations not including alphanumeric characters or formal, contemporary, oriental language characters, each illustration being suggestive to an operator of the system of a plurality of types of information;
• defining a plurality of sequences of said polysemic pictorial illustrations, each sequence of illustrations being suggestive to an operator of the system of a semantic summary of a different plural word message;
• selecting a sequence of a plurality of said polysemic pictorial illustrations which is suggestive to an operator of said semantic summary of said selected message, the number of polysemic pictorial illustrations in the selected sequence being much less than the number of alphanumeric characters which constitute the plural word message when represented by formal alphanumeric language characters;
• sequentially actuating a plurality of said input devices having respectively and sequentially associated therewith said plurality of polysemic pictorial illustrations which is suggestive to an operator of said semantic summary of said selected message, thereby inputting a plurality of signals to the system indicative of which input devices have been actuated and in what sequence;
• retrieving said selected message corresponding to said plurality of signals from the memory means of the system;
• and
• outputting said selected plural word message.