System And Method For Automatically And Graphically Associating Programmatically-Generated Media Item Recommendations Related To A User's Socially Recommended Media Items

1 . A method for providing social and programmatically-generated media item recommendations to a user on a user interface, comprising the steps of:

receiving a social media item recommendation list comprising one or more social media item recommendations;

receiving a programmatically-generated media item recommendation list comprising one or more programmatically-generated media item recommendations;

displaying the social media item recommendation list in a first area on the user interface; and

displaying the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list in a second area on the user interface different from the first area.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first area is a first axis, and the second area is a second axis.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the social media item recommendation list in the first axis intersects the focus area on the user interface.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list in the second axis intersects the focus area on the user interface.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first area is a first adjacent area to the focus area, and the second area is a second adjacent area to the focus area.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list further comprises displaying an icon list on the user interface graphically representing the one or more programmatically-generated media item recommendations.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the social media item recommendation list further comprises displaying an icon list on the user interface graphically representing the one or more social media item recommendations.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list comprises determining the relation of a set of media item recommendations to a user-selected media item recommendation.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the relation is determined by determining a relation score between the set of media item recommendations and the user-selected media item recommendation.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the most closely related media item recommendations, among the set of media item recommendations, to the user-selected media item recommendation are displayed closest to the user-selected media item recommendation on the user interface in the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the relation of the user's social media item recommendations to a user-selected media item recommendation.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising shifting at least one of the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list and the social media item recommendation list in response to receiving a user selection to traverse at least one of the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list and the social media item recommendation list on the user interface on the user interface.

13 . 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:

receiving a social media item recommendation list comprising one or more social media item recommendations;

receiving a programmatically-generated media item recommendation list comprising one or more programmatically-generated media item recommendations;

displaying the social media item recommendation list in a first area on the user interface; and

displaying the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list in a second area on the user interface different from the first area.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the first area is a first axis, and the second area is a second axis.

15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the media application is further adapted to determine the relation of a set of media item recommendations to a user-selected media item recommendation.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the media application is further adapted to determine the relation by determining a relation score between the set of media item recommendations and the user-selected media item recommendation.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the media application is further adapted to display the most closely related media item recommendations, among the set of media item recommendations, to the user-selected media item recommendation on the user interface in the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list.

18 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions for providing social and programmatically-generated media item recommendations to a user on a user interface, the program instructions for:

receiving a social media item recommendation list comprising one or more social media item recommendations;

receiving a programmatically-generated media item recommendation list comprising one or more programmatically-generated media item recommendations;

displaying the social media item recommendation list in a first area on the user interface; and

displaying the programmatically-generated media item recommendation list in a second area on the user interface different from the first area.