Display Tag Cloud Viewer Interactive Interface For Enabling A Viewer To Quickly And Effectively Access A Desired Television Program For Viewing

摘要

A displayed matrix having a menu of presentation genres and an opposing menu of ranking systems prioritizing each genre according to the values of a set of parameters. A viewer is enabled to select at least one genre from the menu and the viewer is also enabled to select at least one ranking system. Selections are correlated to generate a set of proposed presentations prioritized in accordance with the parameter values of a selected ranking system and displayed as a tag cloud wherein each of the proposed presentations is visually distinguished according to the priority ranking of the proposed television program presentation.

主权项

1. A computer controlled display method for enabling a viewer of electronic entertainment presentations to select the best presentation currently available from live and database sources comprising:
displaying a matrix having a menu of presentation genres and an opposing menu of a plurality of different kinds of unrelated ranking systems prioritizing each genre according to the values of a set of parameters; enabling the viewer to select at least one genre; enabling the viewer to select at least one ranking system; correlating the selected genre with the selected ranking system to generate a set of proposed presentations prioritized in accordance with the parameter values of a selected ranking system; and displaying said generated set of proposed presentations as a tag cloud wherein each of the proposed presentations is visually distinguished according to the priority ranking of the proposed presentation.