SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME TELEVISION VIEWING INFORMATION AND POPULARITY TO VIEWERS

摘要

A method providing real-time popularity information regarding TV programs, performed during a short period of time at a server with one or more processors and memory. The server receives current TV viewing information from a plurality of distinct households. The current TV viewing information for a household identifies one or more TV programs that are now showing at the household. The server aggregates the current TV viewing information, thereby identifying one or more currently popular TV programs. The currently popular TV programs have more household viewers than less popular TV programs. The server receives a request from a household seeking identification of currently popular TV programs. The server selects one or more of the currently popular TV programs identified during the aggregation, and sends information to the household. The information identifies the selected one or more currently popular TV programs.