Systems and methods for adjusting the priority of media assets scheduled to be recorded
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorsMichael K. McCarty, Glen E. Roe
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described herein for adjusting the priority of media assets scheduled to be recorded to reflect the current behavior and interests of the user. For example, a household with young children may have scheduled recordings for the DVR with a wide variety of television shows of different genres (e.g., Children's Shows, Sports Games, and Crime Procedurals) and as the children grow up, the preference may gradually shift towards other types of shows. As this shift of interest happens over time, it can be difficult or impossible for the user to change the priority of each of the media assets of the scheduled recordings each time the interests of the user changes an incremental amount.
Claims16
A method for adjusting priority of media assets, the method comprising:
- receiving a search input from a user;
- searching a database of search terms to identify a search term corresponding to the search input, wherein each search term of the database is a previously received search input and has a corresponding preference level stored in the database;
- in response to identifying the search term corresponding to the search input:
- determining a value indicative of frequency of the identified search term;
- and
- updating the preference level stored in the database for the identified search term based on the value;
- determining whether the identified search term matches a media asset among a list of the media assets, wherein a recording priority is assigned to each of the media assets in the list;
- and
- in response to determining that the identified search term matches the media asset among the list of media assets, automatically adjusting the recording priority of the media assets in the list based on the updated preference level, wherein the media assets in the list are scheduled to be recorded and the recording priority of the media assets in the list is adjusted prior to being recorded.
A system for adjusting priority of media assets, the system comprising:
- control circuitry configured to:
- receive a search input from a user;
- search a database of search terms to identify a search term corresponding to the search input, wherein each search term of the database is a previously received search input and has a corresponding preference level stored in the database;
- in response to identifying the search term corresponding to the search input:
- determine a value indicative of frequency of the identified search term;
- and
- update the preference level stored in the database for the identified search term based on the value;
- determine whether the identified search term matches a media asset among a list of the media assets, wherein a recording priority is assigned to each of the media assets in the list;
- and
- in response to determining that the identified search term matches the media asset among the list of media assets, automatically adjust the recording priority of the media assets in the list based on the updated preference level, wherein the media assets in the list are scheduled to be recorded and the recording priority of the media assets in the list is adjusted prior to being recorded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.