Systems and methods for aggressively recording content when a user is not at home

A method for automatically recording media assets not explicitly scheduled for recording by a user, the method comprising:

• accessing a social media profile associated with the user;
• retrieving information relating to a social media activity performed by the user from the social media profile;
• retrieving, from a media asset database, identifying information of one or more media assets;
• comparing the retrieved information relating to the social media activity with the identifying information of the one or more media assets;
• determining, based on the comparing, that the user has indicated a reference identifying a media asset in the social media activity;
• determining, from a context of the social media activity, that the reference constitutes a command indicating interest in the media asset;
• associating, based on the command of interest determined from the context of the social media activity, a first function with the media asset, wherein the first function is not a recording function;
• storing the association of the first function with the media asset in an entry of a functions database containing a plurality of media assets and associated functions;
• determining whether the user is not at home;
• and
• in response to determining that the user is not at home, replacing the entry in the functions database for the media asset with a recording function.

A system for automatically recording media assets not explicitly scheduled for recording by a user, the system comprising:

• display circuitry;
• storage circuitry;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• access a social media profile associated with the user;
• retrieve information relating to a social media activity performed by the user from the social media profile;
• retrieve, from a media asset database at the storage circuitry, identifying information of one or more media assets;
• compare the retrieved information relating to the social media activity with the identifying information of the one or more media assets;
• determine, based on the comparing, that the user has indicated a reference identifying a media asset in the social media activity;
• determine, from a context of the social media activity, that the reference constitutes a command indicating interest in the media asset;
• associate, based on the command of interest determined from the context of the social media activity, a first function with the media asset, wherein the first function is not a recording function;
• store the association of the first function with the media asset in an entry of a functions database containing a plurality of media assets and associated functions;
• determine whether the user is not at home;
• and
• in response to determining that the user is not at home, replace the entry in the functions database for the media asset with a recording function.