Patent ID: 8533621

Claim:
A method of using a graphical display for communication based on character recognition between a sender and a receiver, wherein said graphical display is configured from a set of characters associated with a predetermined language and said graphical display enables expeditious discovery of said sender-selected character by said receiver, said graphical display comprising: a plurality of distinct quadrants, wherein said plurality of distinct quadrants each having an array of coordinate locations, wherein each said coordinate location possesses a location value based on the effort required to reach each said coordinate location when said receiver utilizes a top-left based scanning routine, and each said coordinate location is populated with a unique character selected from said set of characters, wherein each said unique character possesses a character value substantially derived from a set of character guidelines, wherein said guidelines provides a character ranking system primarily directed to enable early character detection and selection, said character ranking system includes assigning a higher rank to said unique characters having a greater use frequency within said predetermined language, and said coordinate locations with a higher ranked said location value are substantially populated with a corresponding said unique characters having higher ranked said character values, wherein said higher ranked said coordinate locations are substantially populated with the higher ranked said unique characters, said method comprising the steps of: (a) having a communication that can be conveyed using a written language that a sender or receiver wishes to communicate, wherein the communication is comprised of words constructed from a plurality of characters; said communication commences with the identification of a first letter corresponding to a first word; (b) positioning the graphical display such that the display is visible to both the sender and the receiver; (c) initiating a sequential scan of quadrants located on the graphical display, using a top-left based scanning routine performed by the receiver; (d) observing the sender for a selection motion, thereby communicating to the receiver the particular quadrant containing the first letter of the first word of the communication of step(a); (e) initiating sequential scan of characters contained within the selected quadrant in step(d), using a top-left based scanning routine performed by the receiver; (f) observing the sender for a selection motion, thereby communicating to the receiver the first character of the first word of step(a); and noting the selected first character; (g) repeating steps (c) through (f) wherein each subsequent cycle provides additional characters, thereby enabling the completion of words that shape the foundation of the communication of step(a).