System and method for displaying information related to video programs in a graphical user interface

A system for displaying information relating to video programs in a graphical user interface, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• memory;
• and
• at least one program stored in the memory, the at least one program comprising instructions to:
• receive real-time data for video programs from a plurality of data sources;
• determine a real-time popularity metric for each video program based on the real-time data;
• and
• for at least a subset of the video programs, display a respective graphical user interface object that corresponds to at least one respective video program in the subset of the video programs based on a respective real-time popularity metric for the at least one respective video program, wherein a location at which the respective graphical user interface object is displayed in the graphical user interface relative to other graphical user interface objects and a visual appearance of the respective graphical user interface object relative to other graphical user interface objects indicate the popularity of the at least one respective video program relative to other video programs.

A computer readable storage medium storing at least one program configured for execution by a computer, the at least one program comprising instructions to:

• receive real-time data for video programs from a plurality of data sources;
• determine a real-time popularity metric for each video program based on the real-time data;
• and
• for at least a subset of the video programs, display a respective graphical user interface object that corresponds to at least one respective video program in the subset of the video programs based on a respective real-time popularity metric for the at least one respective video program, wherein a location at which the respective graphical user interface object is displayed in the graphical user interface relative to other graphical user interface objects and a visual appearance of the respective graphical user interface object relative to other graphical user interface objects indicate the popularity of the at least one respective video program relative to other video programs.

A computer-implemented method for displaying information relating to media objects in a graphical user interface, comprising:

• at a computer system including at least one processor and memory storing at least one program, the at least one processor executing the at least one program to perform the operations of:
• receiving real-time data for media objects from a plurality of data sources;
• determining a real-time popularity metric for each media object based on the real-time data;
• and
• for at least a subset of the media objects, displaying a respective graphical user interface object that corresponds to at least one respective media object in the subset of the media objects based on a respective real-time popularity metric for the at least one respective media object, wherein a location at which the respective graphical user interface object is displayed in the graphical user interface relative to other graphical user interface objects and a visual appearance of the respective graphical user interface object relative to other graphical user interface objects indicate the popularity of the at least one respective media object relative to other media objects.

A system for displaying information relating to media objects in a graphical user interface, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• memory;
• and
• at least one program stored in the memory, the at least one program comprising instructions to:
• receive real-time data for media objects from a plurality of data sources;
• determine a real-time popularity metric for each media object based on the real-time data;
• and
• for at least a subset of the media objects, display a respective graphical user interface object that corresponds to at least one respective media object in the subset of the media objects based on a respective real-time popularity metric for the at least one respective media object, wherein a location at which the respective graphical user interface object is displayed in the graphical user interface relative to other graphical user interface objects and a visual appearance of the respective graphical user interface object relative to other graphical user interface objects indicate the popularity of the at least one respective media object relative to other media objects.

A computer readable storage medium storing at least one program configured for execution by a computer, the at least one program comprising instructions to:

• receive real-time data for media objects from a plurality of data sources;
• determine a real-time popularity metric for each media object based on the real-time data;
• and
• for at least a subset of the media objects, display a respective graphical user interface object that corresponds to at least one respective media object in the subset of the media objects based on a respective real-time popularity metric for the at least one respective media object, wherein a location at which the respective graphical user interface object is displayed in the graphical user interface relative to other graphical user interface objects and a visual appearance of the respective graphical user interface object relative to other graphical user interface objects indicate the popularity of the at least one respective media object relative to other media objects.