Passive learning system for international code flags or signaling flags

Abstract

A passive learning system is provided herein. The passive learning system may comprise a plurality of cards which define a deck of cards. Each card in the deck of cards may define a front surface and a back surface. The front surface may have a unique card identifier, corresponding flag indicia and corresponding flag descriptor indicia. The unique card identifier may be typical of a conventional deck of cards (e.g., ace of spades, queen of hearts, etc.). The deck of cards may be used to play any game such as poker or blackjack, etc. As the participant plays the card game, the participant may be dealt random cards having random unique card identifiers, flag indices and corresponding flag descriptor indices. The participant may simultaneously learn to recognize the signaling flags and their meanings in a fun low stress environment.

1 . A passive learning system for learning associated meanings of signaling flags, the system comprising: 
 a deck of playing cards defining a back surface and a front surface, the back surfaces of the playing cards having a common indicia, the front surfaces of the playing card having a unique card identifier, a flag indicia and a corresponding flag descriptor indicia.    
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein each playing card of the deck has at least two flag indices and corresponding flag descriptor indices.  
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 2  wherein a first flag indicia and corresponding flag descriptor indicia is inverted and aligned with respect to a second flag indicia and corresponding flag descriptor indicia.  
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein an outer periphery of each card of the deck is pentagonal.  
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 5  wherein the border is rectangular, square, circular, or pentagonal.  
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 1  further comprising a border containing the flag indicia and flag descriptor indicia to demarcate the unique card identifier from the flag indicia and the corresponding flag descriptor indicia.  
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 6  wherein the border is pentagonal.  
   
   
       8 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the cards are fabricated from a durable material.  
   
   
       9 . The system of  claim 8  wherein the durable material is resilient.  
   
   
       10 . A method of learning to recognize the signal flags and recall their meanings, the method comprising the steps of: 
 a. providing a deck of playing cards defining a back surface and a front surface, the back surfaces of the playing cards having a common indicia, the front surfaces of the playing card having a unique card identifier, a flag indicia and a corresponding flag descriptor indicia; and    b. playing a card game with the deck of playing cards.    
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the card game is gin or crazy eight.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the card game is poker.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 12  further comprising the step of designating a joker card in terms of one of the signal flag.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13  wherein the joker card is identified as “alpha” flag.