System and method for automatically and graphically associating programmatically-generated media item recommendations related to a user's socially recommended media items

A system providing a media application for providing social and programmatically-generated media item recommendations to a user on a user interface, comprising:

• a system executing a media application;
• wherein the media application is adapted to:
• display a user-selected media item recommendation in a focus area on a user interface;
• determine a social media item recommendation list comprising one or more social media item recommendations;
• determine a programmatically-generated media item recommendation list comprising one or more programmatically-generated media item recommendations;
• display the social media item recommendation list in a first area on the user interface;
• and
• display the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list in a second area on the user interface different from the first area wherein the first area is a first axis, and the second area is a second axis and wherein the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list in the second axis intersects the focus area on the user interface.

A user interface generated by a media application executing on a microprocessor-based user device, comprising:

• a focus area;
• a user-selected media item recommendation displayed in the focus area;
• a social media item recommendation list comprising one or more social media item recommendations in a first area;
• and
• a programmatically-generated media item recommendation list comprising one or more programmatically-generated media item recommendations in a second area different from the first area wherein the first area is a first axis, and the second area is a second axis and wherein the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list in the second axis intersects the focus area on the user interface;

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing software for instructing a controller of a computing device to:

• display a user-selected media item recommendation in a focus area on a user interface of a display device;
• determine a social media item recommendation list comprising one or more social media item recommendations;
• determine a programmatically-generated media item recommendation list comprising one or more programmatically-generated media item recommendations;
• display the social media item recommendation list in a first area on the user interface;
• and
• display the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list in a second area on the user interface different from the first area wherein the first area is a first axis, and the second area is a second axis and wherein the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list in the second axis intersects the focus area on the user interface.