Methods and systems for recommending content restrictions
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Pearce, Charles Dawes, Della Preston
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described herein for recommending content restrictions to a user based on chatter in a social network of the user. The system analyzes chatter in the social network to identify a correlation between what is posted by users and the content that the users are posting about. The system stores a mapping between chatter and expected attributes of the content referenced by the chatter. The system will determine whether to block the content when an expected attribute is associated with a content restriction.
Claims20
A method for automatically generating content restrictions, the method comprising:
- retrieving, from a data structure based on a user identification of a first user, a plurality of previous indications from a social network of the first user, wherein the data structure stores indications of users and corresponding user identifications;
- analyzing the retrieved plurality of previous indications from the social network of the first user to identify mappings between previous indications and media characteristics,
- wherein each respective previous indication is associated with a respective media asset of a plurality of media assets, and
- wherein each respective mapping is identified based on determining that the respective previous indication corresponds to a media characteristic of the respective media asset;
- receiving an indication from the social network of the first user, wherein the indication is associated with a first media asset;
- comparing the indication to the mapping between previous indications and media characteristics to identify a previous indication, of the retrieved plurality of previous indications, matching the indication;
- identifying a media characteristic associated with the previous indication;
- determining, based on a profile of a second user, that the media characteristic is associated with a content restriction for the second user;
- and
- in response to determining that the media characteristic is associated with a content restriction for the second user, blocking access to the first media asset by the second user.
A system for automatically generating content restrictions, comprising control circuitry configured to:
- retrieve, from a data structure based on a user identification of a first user, a plurality of previous indications from a social network of the first user, wherein the data structure stores indications of users and corresponding user identifications;
- analyze the retrieved plurality of previous indications from the social network of the first user to identify mappings between previous indications and media characteristics,
- wherein each respective previous indication is associated with a respective media asset of a plurality of media assets, and
- wherein each respective mapping is identified based on determining that the respective previous indication corresponds to a media characteristic of the respective media asset;
- receive an indication from the social network of the first user, wherein the indication is associated with a first media asset;
- compare the indication to the mapping between previous indications and media characteristics to identify a previous indication, of the retrieved plurality of previous indications, matching the indication;
- identify a media characteristic associated with the previous indication;
- determine, based on a profile of a second user, that the media characteristic is associated with a content restriction for the second user;
- and
- in response to determining that the media characteristic is associated with a content restriction for the second user, block access to the first media asset by the second user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.