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Electronic word building machine
Assignee: AYECON REMOTE LLC
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Filing: 1993-12-22
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Granted: 1995-07-25
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Expires: 2013-12-22
Abstract
Abstract An electronic word building machine including a keyboard to input a user determined set of letters, a set of words in memory, a comparison program to compare the input set of letters with the set of words in memory to provide a set of matching words from the set of words in memory, the set of matching words including words which consist only of a subset of letters from the input set of letters, a ranking program to provide a predetermined score for each of the words in the set of matching words, and a display to display on the machine each of the words in the sequence of the value of the score together with the score value of the word being displayed.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephen Kennedy
- 👤 David McWherter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:57
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F15/00; G06F15/02; G06F15/025; A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/04; A63F3/0421
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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An electronic word building dictionary machine comprising: keyboard means to input a user determined set of letters, a set of words in memory, comparison means to compare said input set of letters with said set of words in memory to provide a set of matching words from said set of words in memory, said comparison means including means for treating said variable letter member as a sequence of letters of the alphabet, said sequence at least one letter of the alphabet and said set of matching words comprising words which consist only of a subset of letters from said input set of letters, ranking means to provide a predetermined score for each of said words in said set of matching words, display means to display on said machine each of said words in the sequence of value of said score together with the score value of the word being displayed, wherein said keyboard means has a second input key representing a variable number of letters to provide a variable letter member of said user determined set of letters.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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An electronic word building dictionary machine comprising: keyboard means to input a user determined set of letters, a set of words in memory, comparison means to compare said input set of letters with said set of words in memory to provide a set of matching words from said set of words in memory, said comparison means including means for treating said variable letter member as a sequence of letters of the alphabet, said sequence at least one letter of the alphabet and said set of matching words comprising words which consist only of a subset of letters from said input set of letters, ranking means to provide a predetermined score for each of said words in said set of matching words, display means to display on said machine each of said words in the sequence of value of said score together with the score value of the word being displayed, wherein said keyboard means has a second input key representing a variable number of letters to provide a variable letter member of said user determined set of letters.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The electronic word building machine of claim 1 wherein: said keyboard means has a first input key representing a single variable letter to provide a single variable letter member of said user determined set of letters, said comparison means including means for treating said single variable letter member as each letter of the alphabet.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The electronic word building machine of claim 1, wherein said score value is calculated according to letter scores assigned in the SCRABBLE® word game.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The electronic word building machine of claim 1 wherein said keyboard includes a definition retrieval key, said definition retrieval key retrieving a definition of a word displayed by said display means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The electronic word building machine of claim 1 further comprising: second input means to input a user determined second predetermined set of letters in a predetermined sequence as a pattern set, said pattern set being part of said input set of letters, said comparison means including said pattern set as a necessary part of each of said set of matching words.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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The electronic word building machine of claim 5 wherein said pattern set includes identifiers selected from the group of identifiers consisting of: the letters of the alphabet, single letter members, variable letter members, and letter score multipliers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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The electronic word building machine of claim 1 wherein said display means displays an indicator to inform the user that additional word and additional score information is available.
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