System and method for providing a user interface for media navigation by attribute compass

A method for providing a user interface for facilitated navigation through a plurality of media items to locate a media item relevant to a user interest, the method comprising:

• showing, on a display, a grid view of the plurality of media items;
• receiving a selection of a first media item from the plurality of media items;
• presenting, on the display, a first plurality of attribute compasses associated with the first media item;
• receiving a first user selection of a first attribute compass from the first plurality of attribute compasses, the first attribute compass comprising a first positive correlation between a first direction and a first attribute and a second positive correlation between a second direction and a second attribute, wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions on a common axis, wherein the first media item is a movie, the first attribute is a first movie genre and the second attribute is a second movie genre, and wherein the plurality of media items include first movies in the first direction and second movies in the second direction;
• designating the first media item as a pivot item upon receiving the first user selection of the first attribute compass;
• arranging the grid view according to the first positive correlation and the second positive correlation of the first attribute compass, wherein as moving farther from the first media item in the first direction, a weight of the first attribute of a next one of the first movies increases and a weight of the second attribute of the next one of the first movies decreases, and wherein as moving farther from the first media item in the second direction, the weight of the second attribute of a next one of the second movies increases and the weight of the first attribute of the next one of the second movies decreases.

A method comprising:

• showing, on a display, a grid view of the plurality of media items;
• receiving a selection of a media item from the plurality of media items;
• presenting, on the display, a first plurality of attribute compasses associated with the selected media item;
• receiving a first user selection of a first attribute compass from the first plurality of attribute compasses, the first attribute compass comprising a first positive correlation between a first direction and a first attribute and a second positive correlation between a second direction and a second attribute, wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions on a common axis;
• arranging the grid view according to the first positive correlation and the second positive correlation of the first attribute compass, wherein the plurality of media items include first media items in the first direction and second media items in the second direction, wherein as moving farther from the selected media item in the first direction, a weight of the first attribute of a next one of the first media items increases and a weight of the second attribute of the next one of the first media items decreases, and wherein as moving farther from the selected media item in the second direction, the weight of the second attribute of a next one of the second media items increases and the weight of the first attribute of the next one of the second media items decreases.