System and method of displaying content and related social media data

Abstract

A device for enabling content selection is configured to display one or more item of content with associated popularity indicator. The popularity indicators may be based on usage data from a social media service. The popularity indicators may indicate a rate of change in popularity as well as a relative level popularity. In one example, a device may display comments from a social media service in conjunction with content during the playback of content.

1 - 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . A method comprising:
 displaying a plurality of information windows within a graphical interface, each information window of the plurality of information windows being associated with one of a plurality of content items;   detecting a selection, from among the plurality of information windows, an information window associated with a content item in the plurality of content items; and   based on detecting the selection of the information window of the plurality of information windows, causing presentation, in a window that enables presentation of the content item, of the content item associated with the information window, the window including a display of user content, the window displaying, during a first time period, a first user content item at a first size and displaying, during a second time period, the first user content item at a second size based on a second user content item, the second size being different from the first size.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein:
 the content item is a first content item;   the information window is a first information window; and   the method further comprises modifying the display of the plurality of information windows in response to determining a change in a popularity of a second content item associated with a second information window.   
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the modifying of the display of the plurality of information windows includes replacing the second information window with a third information window associated with a third content item. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising displaying a popularity indicator for each information window in the plurality of information windows, each popularity indicator indicating a rate of change in popularity of an associated content item. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 21 , herein the user content includes one or more user comments. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the usage data includes one or more of a number of times the associated content item is requested by users during a particular time period, a number of endorsements the associated content item receives through a social media service, and a number of times a query related to the associated content item is provided to a search engine site. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein:
 each information window in the plurality of information windows is selectable according to one or more types of selection including a first type of selection that causes a preview associated with a selected content item to be displayed; and   an additional type of selection that causes the selected content be presented in the window that enables presentation of the content item.   
     
     
         28 . The method of claim , wherein the user content is displayed in chronological order. 
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising filtering the display of user confer based on user preferences. 
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 29 , wherein the filtering of the display of user content includes displaying only user content associated with an approved list of users. 
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the display of each user content item includes a display of an associated user identifier icon. 
     
     
         32 . A system comprising:
 one or more processors; and   a memory accessible to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions which, upon execution by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
 displaying a plurality of information windows within a graphical interface, each information window of the plurality of information windows being associated with one of a plurality of content items; 
 detecting a selection, from among the plurality of information windows, an information window associated with a content item in the plurality of content items; and 
 based on detecting the selection of the information window of the plurality of information windows, causing presentation, in a window that enables presentation of the content item, of the content item associated with the information window, the window including a display of user content, the window displaying, during a first time period, a first user content item at a first size and displaying, during a second time period, the first user content item at a second size based on a second user content item, the second size being different from the first size. 
   
     
     
         33 . The system of  claim 32 , wherein:
 the content item is a first content item;   the information window is a first information window;   the method further comprises modifying the display of the plurality of information windows in response to determining a change in a popularity of a second content item associated with a second information window   
     
     
         34 . The system of  claim 33 , wherein the modifying of the display of the plurality of information windows includes replacing the second information window with a third information window associated with a third content item. 
     
     
         35 . The system of  claim 32 , wherein the operations further comprise displaying a popularity indicator for each information window in the plurality of information windows, each popularity indicator indicating a rate of change in popularity of an associated content item. 
     
     
         36 . The system of  claim 35 , wherein:
 the rate of change in popularity is calculated based on usage data; and   the usage data includes one or more of: a number of times the associated content item is requested by users during a particular time period, a number of endorsements the associated content item receives through a social media service, and a number of times a query related to the associated content item is provided to a search engine site.   
     
     
         37 . The system of  claim 32 , wherein the operations further comprise filtering the display of user content based on user preferences. 
     
     
         38 . The system of  claim 37 , wherein the filtering the display of user content includes displaying only user content associated with an approved list of users. 
     
     
         39 . The system of  claim 32 , wherein the display of each user content includes a display of an associated user identifier icon. 
     
     
         40 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that upon execution cause one or more processors of a device to perform operations comprising:
 displaying a plurality of information windows within a graphical interface, each information window of the plurality of information windows being associated with one of a plurality of content items;   detecting a selection, from among the plurality of information windows, an information window associated with a content item in the plurality of content items; and   based on detecting the selection of the information window of the plurality of information windows, causing presentation, in a window that enables presentation of the content item, of the content item associated with the information window, the window including a display of user content, the window displaying, during a first time period, a first user content item at a first size and displaying, during a second time period, the first user content item at a second size based on a second user content item, the second size being different from the first size.