Abstract: Disclosed is a method for displaying a plurality of objects on a display (105). Each object has at least a first attribute and a second attribute. The method sets a range of first attributes to be displayed. A set of objects is then displayed having the same second attribute on a radial line of an ellipse based on a comparison between the range and the first attribute of the objects. Desirably the method is used for displaying information regarding a plurality of broadcast programs on the display, each broadcast program having attributes comprising at least time of transmission and channel of transmission. In that implementation a display period is set. The method then compares the time of broadcast transmission of one or more programs with the display period and then displays (eg. 600) information regarding a set of programs (602, 604, 606) having the same channel of transmission (eg. 12) on at least one radial line of an ellipse, based on the comparison.

Abstract: A method (300) of determining whether a viewer (101) has watched a program is disclosed. The method (300) comprises the steps of accumulating program flipping data (1000) for the program, determining metadata for the program, selecting in a step (315) an algorithm dependent on the metadata, and applying, in a step (320) the selected algorithm to the program flipping data (1000), to thereby extract in a step (330) intentional viewing data that establishes if the program has been watched by the viewer.