Methods and systems for suggesting additional content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10003420-B2
Application number	US-201514743368-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2015
Priority date	Jun 18, 2015
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed for a media guidance application that mitigates the frustration that a user experiences in response to encountering poor-quality media content. For example, in response to determining that media content (e.g., a television program) received/retrieved by a user is of low quality, the media guidance application may recommend one or more actions to alleviate the user's frustration. For example, the media guidance application may find a high-quality version of the media content, offer discounts, credits, etc., on the low-quality media content, find an alternative source of the media content, etc. Alternatively or additionally, the media guidance application may recommend related media content (e.g., a different television program) and/or offer discounts, credits, etc., for the related media content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for supplementing poor quality media assets, the method comprising:
storing a first transmission of a first media asset;
after storing the first transmission of the first media asset, processing the stored first media asset to determine a quality metric for the first media asset;
comparing the quality metric to a quality threshold;
in response to determining that the quality metric does not exceed the quality threshold, determining an amount of compensation based on the quality metric;
generating for display an offer for a second media asset to a user, wherein the offer corresponds to the amount of compensation; and
in response to determining that the quality metric does exceed the quality threshold, generating for display an offer for a third media asset.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising offering the user a discount on a cost of the first media asset based on the quality metric.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether a second transmission of the first media asset is available in response to determining that the quality metric does not exceed the quality threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether the first media asset is available from a different content provider in response to determining that the quality metric does not exceed the quality threshold.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a length of time until a second transmission of the first media asset is available in response to determining that the quality metric does not exceed the quality threshold;
comparing the length of time to a threshold length of time; and
in response to determining that the length of time exceeds the threshold length of time, selecting the second media asset.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second media asset is selected based on the length of time.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quality metric quantifies a level of corruption of the first media asset.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting the second media asset based on a similarity of the second media asset to the first media asset.

9. A system for supplementing poor quality media assets, the system comprising:
storage circuitry configured to store a first transmission of a first media asset; and
control circuitry configured to:
after storing the first transmission of the first media asset, process the stored first media asset to determine a quality metric for the first media asset;
compare the quality metric to a quality threshold;
in response to determining that the quality metric does not exceed the quality threshold, determine an amount of compensation based on the quality metric;
generate for display an offer for a second media asset to a user, wherein the offer corresponds to the amount of compensation; and
in response to determining that the quality metric does exceed the quality threshold, generate for display an offer for a third media asset.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to offer the user a discount on a cost of the first media asset based on the quality metric.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine whether a second transmission of the first media asset is available in response to determining that the quality metric does not exceed the quality threshold.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine whether the first media asset is available from a different content provider in response to determining that the quality metric does not exceed the quality threshold.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
determine a length of time until a second transmission of the first media asset is available in response to determining that the quality metric does not exceed the quality threshold;
compare the length of time to a threshold length of time; and
in response to determining that the length of time exceeds the threshold length of time, select the second media asset.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the second media asset is selected based on the length of time.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the quality metric quantifies a level of corruption of the first media asset.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to select the second media asset based on a similarity of the second media asset to the first media asset.

Assignees

• Rovi Guides Inc

Inventors

• Long Jeff
• Boonstra Peter

Classifications

• H04B17/23

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• H04N21/4826

  using recommendation lists, e.g. of programmes or channels sorted out according to their score · CPC title

• H04N21/4622

  Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859) · CPC title

• H04N21/2665

  Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite · CPC title

• H04N21/23418

  involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics (television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59) · CPC title