Modular responsive screen grid, authoring and displaying system

A method, comprising:

• presenting, to a user of a first computer, a plurality of different layout formats, wherein each of the layout formats is user-selectable for dividing a viewing area of the first computer area into a corresponding plurality of cells forming a rectangular grid structure;
• 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, the cells of the plurality of cells being mergeable to create larger areas for media content;
• assigning to at least one cell of the selected plurality, a corresponding item of media content designated from among a plurality of media content items provided by the user;
• rendering the created single-page document over the divided viewing area based on the assigning, wherein the rendering comprises:
• i) for each cell with a corresponding item of media content, displaying the corresponding item of media content within the cell;
• and
• ii) upon activating an interface associated with a selected cell of the document, displaying one or more of an expanded view of the media content items or a view thereof which is displaced spatially in relation to the selected cell,
• wherein the assigning to the at least one cell of the selected plurality a corresponding item of media content comprises:
• automatically selecting the at least one cell;
• automatically inserting a video or image into the at least one cell;
• automatically configuring the at least one cell for resizing the video or image within the at least one cell;
• automatically inserting a text box onto the video or image within the at least one cell;
• automatically configuring the text box for accepting text;
• and
• automatically inserting text in a title cell;
• and
• presenting the created single-page document to the user.

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 different layout formats, wherein each of the layout formats is user-selectable for dividing a viewing area of the first computer area into a corresponding plurality of cells forming a rectangular grid structure;
• 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, the cells of the plurality of cells being mergeable to create larger areas for media content;
• assigning to at least one 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;
• rendering the created single-page document over the divided viewing area based on the assigning, wherein the rendering comprises:
• i) for each cell with a corresponding item of media content, displaying the corresponding item of media content within the cell;
• and
• ii) upon activating an interface associated with a selected cell of the document, displaying one or more of an expanded view of the media content items or a view thereof which is displaced spatially in relation to the selected cell,
• wherein the assigning to the at least one cell of the selected plurality a corresponding item of media content comprises:
• selecting the at least one cell according to input from the user;
• inserting a video or image into the at least one cell according to input from the user;
• configuring the at least one cell for resizing the video or image within the at least one cell according to input from the user;
• inserting a text box onto the video or image within the at least one cell according to input from the user;
• configuring the text box for accepting text according to input from the user;
• and
• inserting text in a title cell according to input from the user;
• and
• presenting the created single-page document to the user.

A device comprising:

• a processor;
• a display viewing area;
• wherein the processor is configured to receive input from a user and 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 media content items, and 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 different layout formats, wherein each of the layout formats is user-selectable for dividing a viewing area of the first computer area into a corresponding plurality of cells forming a rectangular grid structure;
• 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, the cells of the plurality of cells being mergeable to create larger areas for the media content items;
• assigning to at least one cell of the selected plurality, a corresponding item of media content designated from among a plurality of the media content items according to a user selection;
• rendering the created single-page document over the divided viewing area based on the assigning, wherein the rendering comprises:
• i) for each cell with a corresponding item of media content, displaying the corresponding item of media content within the cell;
• and
• ii) upon activating an interface associated with a selected cell of the document, displaying one or more of an expanded view of the media content items or a view thereof which is displaced spatially in relation to the selected cell,
• wherein the assigning to the at least one cell of the selected plurality a corresponding item of media content comprises:
• selecting the at least one cell according to input from the user;
• inserting a video or image into the at least one cell according to input from the user;
• configuring the at least one cell for resizing the video or image within the cell according to input from the user;
• inserting a text box onto the video or image within the at least one cell according to input from the user;
• configuring the text box for accepting text according to input from the user;
• and
• inserting text in a title cell according to input from the user;
• and
• presenting the created single-page document to the user.

A system, comprising:

• a web server running a server application configured to connect to:
• a device running a device specific application, the device comprising:
• a bus;
• a processor coupled with the bus;
• a display viewing area coupled with the bus;
• 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 different layout formats, wherein each of the layout formats is user-selectable for dividing a viewing area of the first computer area into a corresponding plurality of cells forming a rectangular grid structure;
• 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, the cells of the plurality of cells being mergeable to create larger areas for media content;
• assigning to at least one 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;
• rendering the created single-page document over the divided viewing area based on the assigning, wherein the rendering comprises:
• i) for each cell with a corresponding item of media content,
• displaying the corresponding item of media content within the cell;
• ii) upon activating an interface associated with a selected cell of the document, displaying one or more of an expanded view of the media content items or a view thereof which is displaced spatially in relation to the selected cell,
• wherein the assigning to the at least one cell of the selected plurality a corresponding item of media content comprises:
• selecting the at least one cell according to input from the user;
• inserting a video or image into the at least one cell according to input from the user;
• configuring the at least one cell for resizing the video or image within the at least one cell according to input from the user;
• inserting a text box onto the video or image within the at least one cell according to input from the user;
• configuring the text box for accepting text according to input from the user;
• inserting text in a title cell according to input from the user, and
• presenting the created single-page document to the user;
• wherein the media content items further 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;
• 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.