Content recommendation system and method

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• a hardware processor configured to:
• determine if a user search using a title of content finds the title of content in one or more content sources available to the user, the one or more content sources having content available for the user to watch or otherwise consume;
• identify, in response to the title of content not being found in the one or more content sources in that the content searched for by the user is not available for the user to watch or otherwise consume, the content in a content library by determining if the title of content is in the content library, wherein the content library is a different database from the one or more content sources available to the user in that the content library contains content that is not available to the user to watch or otherwise consume and wherein the content library contains metadata concerning items of content in the content library, the metadata representing at least some properties of the items of content;
• use, in response to the title of content being determined to be in the content library, the metadata of the identified content in the content library and metadata concerning content available from the one or more content sources available to the user to watch or otherwise consume to generate at least one content item recommendation for the user, wherein the at least one content item recommendation is for recommended content that is in the one or more content sources available to the user and has not been searched for by the user, and that is related to the identified content in that it is similar to the content that has been searched for by the user, and
• provide the at least one content item recommendation to the user.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium that comprises computer-readable instructions that are executable by a process and when executed, cause the processor to perform a process comprising:

• determining if a user search using a title of content finds the title of content in one or more content sources available to the user;
• identifying, in response to the title of content not being found in the one or more content sources in that the content searched for by the user is not available for the user to watch or otherwise consume, the content in a content library by determining if the title of content is in the content library, wherein the content library is a different database from the one or more content sources available to the user in that the content library contains content that is not available to the user to watch or otherwise consume and wherein the content library contains metadata concerning items of content in the content library, the metadata representing at least some properties of the items of content;
• using, in response to the title of content being determined to be in the content library, the metadata of the identified content in the content library and metadata concerning content available from the one or more content sources available to the user to watch or otherwise consume to generate at least one content item recommendation for the user, wherein the at least one content item recommendation is for recommended content that is in the one or more content sources available to the user and has not been searched for by the user, and that is related to the identified content in that it is similar to the content that has been searched for by the user, and
• providing the at least one content item recommendation to the user.