MODULAR RESPONSIVE SCREEN GRID, AUTHORING AND DISPLAYING SYSTEM

• US 20150074504A1
• Filed: 09/08/2014
• Published: 03/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Andrea Steinfl
• Original Assignee: Andrea Steinfl
• Inventors: STEINFL, Andrea, IORI, Daniele
• Granted Patent: US 9,251,124 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/166 File name conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

A content containing message may be created by a user or multiple users, and may contain content items such as videos, images and hyperlinks. The messages may be sent and exchanged between users, as well as collected, liked or commented on.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

presenting, to a user of a first computer, a plurality of layout formats, wherein each of plurality the layout formats is user-selectable for dividing a viewing area of the first computer area into a corresponding plurality of cells;

creating a single-page document, which based on a user-selection of one of the plurality of layout formats, divides the displayed viewing area into the plurality of cells corresponding thereto;

assigning to each cell of the selected plurality, a corresponding item of media content designated from among a plurality of media content items according to a user selection; and

rendering the created single-page document over the divided viewing area based on the assigning, wherein the rendered document comprises one or more of;

each of the media content items displayed within each of the corresponding cells;

or

upon activating an interface associated with a selected cell of the document, one or more of an expanded view or an enlarged view of the media content items, or a view thereof which is displaced spatially in relation to the selected cell.

2. The method as described in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of content items comprises at least one of:

an image, a written text, an audio file, and at least one item from the following group;

a video, a website link, an electronic magazine, a document file, or a hyperlink.

3. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the first computer comprises a user interface operable for accepting a user input in relation to one or more of the creating, the assigning, or the rendering.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the user interface comprises one or more of a mouse, a keyboard, a stylus, a haptic device sensitive to a finger gesture from the user, an acoustic device sensitive to a voice-activation from the user, a graphical user interface (GUI), or a GUI-actuated keypad simulator.

5. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising one or more of:

receiving, with

the first computer, a message sent from at least a second computer;

or

sending, with the first computer, a message to at least the second computer,

wherein the message comprises the single-page document.

6. The method as described in claim 5, wherein one or more of the first computer or the second computer comprises a tablet, a smartphone, or a personal computer or other laptop or desktop computer.

7. The method as described in claim 5, wherein the single-page document is configured to be used for microblogging, journalism or advertising.

8. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the layout format comprises at least one of:

twelve cells, each of which has a first spatial area, and which are arranged into an array comprising four rows by three columns distributed over the viewing area;

or

fifteen cells, each having a second spatial area smaller than the first spatial area, and which are arranged into an array comprising five rows by three columns distributed over the viewing area.

9. The method as described in claim 1 wherein the plurality of cells comprises at least one cell with a first spatial area and at least one cell with a second spatial area, which differs from the first spatial area.

10. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising changing the selected layout format based on a subsequent user input wherein the displayed viewing area is re-divided into a correspondingly subsequent plurality of cells.

11. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising displaying the title of the single-page document as content displayed in one of the cells.

12. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising displaying information relating to an author of the single-page document as content in one of the cells.

13. The method as described in claim 1 wherein the user comprises a first user of at least two users, the method further comprising editing the single-page document through the first user and at least a second user of the at least two users.

14. The method as described in claim 1 wherein the single-page document comprises a first document of a plurality of available single-page documents and wherein the user comprises a first user of at least two users, the method further comprising:

selecting at least a second document of the plurality of available single-page documents; and

creating a collection of single-page documents, the collection comprising the first document and the selected at least second document.

15. The method as described in claim 14 wherein the creating the collection of single-page documents comprises one or more of:

classifying the collection in relation to at least a third document;

or

collaborating between the first user and a second of the at least two users.

16. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising displaying at least one comment on the single-page document.

17. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising automatically adapting each of the plurality of content items to a size of the corresponding cells designated in relation thereto.

18. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising displaying a link on the single-page document relating to an information profile of the user.

19. A device, comprising:

a bus;

a processor coupled with the bus;

a display viewing area coupled with the bus;

means coupled with the bus and operable to receive input from a user;

means coupled with the bus and operable to send and receive single-page messages; and

a non-transitory storage medium coupled with the bus and comprising instructions, which are tangibly stored therewith and executable by the processor,

wherein, upon executing the stored instructions, the processor is operable for performing or controlling a process, which comprises;

presenting, to a user of a first computer, a plurality of layout formats, wherein each of plurality the layout formats is user-selectable for dividing a viewing area of the first computer area into a corresponding plurality of cells;

creating a single-page document, which based on a user-selection of one of the plurality of layout formats, divides the displayed viewing area into the plurality of cells corresponding thereto;

assigning to each cell of the selected plurality, a corresponding item of media content designated from among a plurality of media content items according to a user selection; and

rendering the created single-page document over the divided viewing area based on the assigning, wherein the rendered document comprises one or more of;

each of the media content items displayed within each of the corresponding cells;

or

upon activating an interface associated with a selected cell of the document, one or more of an expanded view or an enlarged view of the media content items, or a view thereof which is displaced spatially in relation to the selected cell.

20. The device as described in claim 19, wherein the content items comprise at least one item from the following group:

an image, a written text, a video, an audio file, a website, an electronic magazine, a document file, or a hyperlink.

22. A system, comprising:

a web server running a server application configured to connect to;

the device as described in claim 20 running a device specific application;

one or more of a web application or a third party application;

an application server, configured to manage application programming interfaces, story engine, story viewer, community manager, file manager, photo bank marketplace and application databases; and

a file server, configured to manage file server databases,

wherein the web server is configured to connect to the application server, the application server is configured to connect to the file server, and the application databases and file server databases are hosted in a cloud server environment.

21. A device comprising:

a processor;

a display viewing area;

means to receive input from a user; and

means to send and receive single-page messages;

wherein the display viewing area is divided into cells, based on a layout chosen by the user, thereby constituting a single-page message, wherein the cells are configured to display content items.