Method and system for computer screen layout based on a recombinant geometric modular structure

Claim 1

A template data structure embodied on a computer-readable medium for computerized generation of a display of information on computer display devices, said template defining a display area with a dimensional configuration of a height of approximately a first whole number of dimensional units and a width of approximately a second whole number of dimensional units, said template data structure comprising: a plurality of grids combined and arranged together to fill the entire display area of said template, each of said grids being dimensioned to have approximately a two dimensional unit by one dimensional unit configuration, wherein only grids of the desired 2×1 unit length-to-width ratio of dimensions are used to form all display components filling the entire display area of said template data structure, such that the grids forming all display components are readily proportioned by the 2×1 dimensional unit ratio in the template data structure to fit together in whole numbers of dimensional units to fill the entire display area of the template data structure and said template data structure comprising instructions to automatically maintain the proportioning of said grids during operation on at least one of the grids of the template data structure to generate a resulting display on computer display devices, wherein all grids in said generated resulting display have the proportioning by the 2×1 dimensional unit length-to-width ratio of said grids and said operation on said at least one of the grids being at least one action selected from the group consisting of repositioning, resizing, reshaping, reorienting, and subdividing.

Claim 13

A method of arranging information, including text and graphic images, in a computerized display employing a template data structure having a display area with a dimensional configuration of a height of approximately a first whole number of dimensional units and a width of approximately a second whole number of dimensional units, said method comprising the step of forming said template data structure subdivided into a plurality of grids combined and arranged together to fill the entire display area of said template, wherein each of said grids has an approximate two-by-one dimensional unit configuration, wherein only grids of the desired 2×1 unit length-to-width ratio of dimensions are used to form all display components filling the entire display area of said template data structure, such that the grids forming all display components are readily proportioned by the 2×1 dimensional unit ratio in the template data structure to fit together in whole numbers of dimensional units to fill the entire display area of the template data structure, and wherein the method automatically maintains the desired 2×1 dimensional unit length-to-width ratio of said grids during operation on at least one of the grids of the template data structure to generate a resulting display on computer display device, wherein all grids in said generated resulting display have the desired 2×1 dimensional unit length-to-width ratio of said grids and said operation on said at least one of the grids being at least one action selected from the group consisting of repositioning, resizing, reshaping, reorienting, and subdividing.

Claim 14

A method of arranging information, including text and graphic images, in a computerized display employing a template data structure having a display area with a dimensional configuration of a height of approximately a first whole number of dimensional units and a width of approximately a second whole number of dimensional units, said method comprising the step of forming said template data structure subdivided into a plurality of grids combined and arranged together to fill the entire display area of said template, wherein each of said grids has an approximate two-by-one dimensional unit configuration, wherein only grids of the desired 2×1 unit length-to-width ratio of dimensions are used to form all display components filling the entire display area of said template data structure, such that the grids forming all display components are readily proportioned by the 2×1 dimensional unit ratio in the template data structure to fit together in whole numbers of dimensional units to fill the entire display area of the template data structure, and wherein the method automatically maintains the desired 2×1 dimensional unit length-to-width ratio of said grids during operation on at least one of the grids of the template data structure to generate a resulting display on computer display device, wherein all grids in said generated resulting display have the desired 2×1 dimensional unit length-to-width ratio of said grids and said operation on said at least one of the grids being at least one action selected from the group consisting of repositioning, resizing, reshaping, reorienting, and subdividing.

Claim 19

A method for employing a template data structure for generating a computerized screen display of a given display area for displaying text and other information on a computer display device, said text information having at least two formats, at least one of said formats having a horizontal direction orientation and at least one of said formats having a vertical direction orientation, said method comprising: creating a first screen display by dividing the area of the display defined by a first template data structure into a first plurality of grids which are combined and arranged together to fill the entire area of the display, each of said plurality of grids being dimensioned to have approximately a two dimensional unit by one dimensional unit configuration, wherein only grids of the desired 2×1 unit length-to-width ratio of dimensions are used to form all display components filling the entire display area of said template data structure, wherein the method automatically maintains the desired 2×1 dimensional unit length-to-width ratio of said grids during operation on at least one of the grids of the template data structure to generate a resulting display on computer display device, wherein all grids in said generated resulting display have the desired 2×1 dimensional unit length-to-width ratio of said grids and said operation on said at least one of the grids being at least one action selected from the group consisting of repositioning, resizing, reshaping, reorienting, and subdividing, at least one of said first plurality of grids displaying said text information formatted in said horizontal direction orientation, said at least one grid having a horizontal orientation corresponding to the orientation of said textual information format; creating a second screen display by dividing the area of the display defined by a second template data structure into a second plurality of grids which are combined and arranged together to fill the entire area of the display, each of said second plurality of grids being dimensioned to have approximately a two dimensional unit by one dimensional unit configuration, wherein only grids of the desired 2×1 unit length-to-width ratio of dimensions are used to form all display components filling the entire display area of said template data structure, wherein the method automatically maintains the desired 2×1 dimensional unit length-to-width ratio of said grids during operation on at least one of the grids of the template data structure to generate a resulting display on computer display device, wherein all grids in said generated resulting display have the desired 2×1 dimensional unit length-to-width ratio of said grids and said operation on said at least one of the grids being at least one action selected from the group consisting of repositioning, resizing, reshaping, reorienting, and subdividing, each of said grids having a horizontal or vertical orientation, at least one of said second plurality of grids displaying said text information formatted in said vertical direction orientation, said at least one grid having a vertical orientation corresponding to the orientation of said textual information format, selecting a first format for said text information from said at least two template data structures; and displaying said screen display having textual information entered in said selected template data structure.

Claim 20

A method for employing a template data structure for generating a computerized screen display of a given display area for displaying text and other information on a computer display device, said text information having at least two formats, at least one of said formats having a horizontal direction orientation and at least one of said formats having a vertical direction orientation, said method comprising: creating a first screen display by dividing the area of the display defined by a first template data structure into a first plurality of grids which are combined and arranged together to fill the entire area of the display, each of said plurality of grids being dimensioned to have approximately a two dimensional unit by one dimensional unit configuration, wherein only grids of the desired 2×1 unit length-to-width ratio of dimensions are used to form all display components filling the entire display area of said template data structure, wherein the method automatically maintains the desired 2×1 dimensional unit length-to-width ratio of said grids during operation on at least one of the grids of the template data structure to generate a resulting display on computer display device, wherein all grids in said generated resulting display have the desired 2×1 dimensional unit length-to-width ratio of said grids and said operation on said at least one of the grids being at least one action selected from the group consisting of repositioning, resizing, reshaping, reorienting, and subdividing, at least one of said first plurality of grids displaying said text information formatted in said horizontal direction orientation, said at least one grid having a horizontal orientation corresponding to the orientation of said textual information format; creating a second screen display by dividing the area of the display defined by a second template data structure into a second plurality of grids which are combined and arranged together to fill the entire area of the display, each of said second plurality of grids being dimensioned to have approximately a two dimensional unit by one dimensional unit configuration, wherein only grids of the desired 2×1 unit length-to-width ratio of dimensions are used to form all display components filling the entire display area of said template data structure, wherein the method automatically maintains the desired 2×1 dimensional unit length-to-width ratio of said grids during operation on at least one of the grids of the template data structure to generate a resulting display on computer display device, wherein all grids in said generated resulting display have the desired 2×1 dimensional unit length-to-width ratio of said grids and said operation on said at least one of the grids being at least one action selected from the group consisting of repositioning, resizing, reshaping, reorienting, and subdividing, each of said grids having a horizontal or vertical orientation, at least one of said second plurality of grids displaying said text information formatted in said vertical direction orientation, said at least one grid having a vertical orientation corresponding to the orientation of said textual information format, selecting a first format for said text information from said at least two template data structures; and displaying said screen display having textual information entered in said selected template data structure.