Display system

A user terminal which is utilized in an electronic program guide display system, performs a data communication with a server via a network, and has a display displaying a plurality of program information in a matrix manner by regarding one axis as a time axis and the other axis as a broadcast station axis, comprising:

• an accepting means for accepting a selecting operation to select desired program information from said plurality of program information,
• a first transmitting means for transmitting the result of the selecting operation accepted by said accepting means to said server,
• a first receiving means for receiving the degree of popularity data of each of said program information calculated on the basis of the result of said selecting operation from said server, and
• a display manner changing means for changing the display manner of each program information displayed in a matrix on the basis of said degree of popularity data.

A storage medium storing a program to be executed by a computer of a user terminal which is utilized in an electronic program guide display system, performs a data communication with a server via a network, and has a display displaying a plurality of program information in a matrix manner by regarding one axis as a time axis and the other axis as a broadcast station axis, wherein

• said program causes said computer to execute
• an accepting step for accepting a selecting operation to select desired program information from said plurality of program information,
• a first transmitting step for transmitting the result of the selecting operation accepted by said accepting step to said server,
• a first receiving step for receiving the degree of popularity data of each of said program information calculated on the basis of the result of said selecting operation from said server, and
• a display manner changing step for changing a display manner of each program information displayed in said matrix on the basis of said degree of popularity data.

A server which is used in an electronic program guide displaying system, and performs a data communication via a network with a plurality of user terminals each having a display displaying a plurality of program information in a matrix manner by regarding one axis as a time axis and the other axis as a broadcast station axis, comprising:

• a second receiving means for receiving from each of said user terminal the result of the selecting operation which is accepted by each of said user terminal and is for selecting desired program information out of said plurality of program information;
• a degree of popularity calculating means for calculating degree of popularity data to change, on the basis of the result of said selecting operation, the display manner of each program information which indicates a degree of popularity of each of said plurality of program information and displayed in a matrix manner in each of said user terminal;
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• a second transmitting means for transmitting said degree of popularity data calculated by said degree of popularity calculating means to each of said user terminal.

A storage medium storing a program to be executed by a computer of a server which performs a data communication via a network with a plurality of user terminals which are used in an electronic program guide displaying system and each has a display displaying a plurality of program information in a matrix manner by regarding one axis as a time axis and the other axis as a broadcast station axis, wherein

• said program causes the computer to execute:
• a second receiving step for receiving from each of said user terminal the result of the selecting operation which is accepted by each of said user terminal and is for selecting desired program information out of said plurality of program information;
• a degree of popularity calculating step for calculating degree of popularity data to change, on the basis of the result of said selecting operation, the display manner of each program information which indicates a degree of popularity of each of said plurality of program information and displayed in a matrix manner in each of said user terminal;
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• a second transmitting step for transmitting said degree of popularity data calculated by said degree of popularity calculating step to each of said user terminal.

A display system to display a plurality of selection objects, comprising:

• an accepting means for accepting a selecting operation to select a desired selection object out of said plurality of selection objects from a plurality of users;
• a degree of popularity calculating means for calculating degree of popularity data indicating a degree of popularity of each of said plurality of selection objects on the basis of the result of the selecting operation accepted by said accepting means;
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• a display manner changing means for changing a display manner of each of said selection objects on the basis of said degree of popularity data calculated by said degree of popularity calculating means.