the present invention provides a method for generating symbol messages , and particularly symbol messages using symbols for which efforts have been , are being , or will be made to increase their visibility and familiarity . such symbols may include trademarks , registered trademarks , service marks , registered service marks , and other well - known symbols . among other things , the present invention provides a method for generating a symbol or logo alphabet and a corresponding lexicon or grammar in which each letter of the alphabet corresponds to a recognized proprietary symbol likely to be associated with the respective letter . the present invention also provides apparatuses for generating such symbol messages and displays incorporating such symbol messages .