Patent ID: 8782043

Claim:
A system for displaying media content, the system comprising: a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the system to, obtain the media content and associated information related to the media content from one or more servers, wherein the media content comprises video of an archived news event, generate a multi-sided news element having a primary side to display the media content and at least one secondary side to display the associated information, wherein the instructions are further configured to adapt the number of sides of the multi-sided news element depending on the media content and associated information to be displayed on the multi-sided news element, allow a user to manipulate, on a display screen, the depiction of the multi-sided news element, including which side or sides of the multi-sided news element are visible on the display screen, allow the user to modify and store personalized information for display on the multi-sided news element, send, at least some, stored personalized information to a central server for making the sent personalized information accessible for display on other multi-sided news elements of other users with access to the central server, obtain from the centralized server personalized information from the other users for display on the multi-sided news element, selectively allow and block user access to content on at least one side of the multi-sided news element, where at least one primary side or secondary side is adapted to allow multiple users to independently store and/or modify stored personalized information for display on the multi-sided news element, selectively block from display personalized information from another user, and store the multi-sided news elements with other multi-sided news elements for access by the user; wherein the system is part of a social networking environment having other users, the memory stores further computer-readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the system to optionally receive from the user a keyword associated with the media content to provide additional keyword searching of the multi-sided news element by other users of the social networking environment.