Methods and systems for providing objects that describe media assets
View Patent ↗Methods and systems are described herein for providing objects describing media content. For example, in response to detecting that a particular media listing is not associated with an graphic and/or text content (e.g., box art) describing the particular media listing, a media guidance application may generate a custom graphic and/or text content (e.g., custom box art) for the media listing based on graphic and/or text content of a media listing for a media asset associated with the particular media asset.
1. A method for providing objects describing media content, the method comprising:
receiving, using control circuitry, a request for a first media identifier, wherein the first media identifier is associated with a first box art describing a first media asset;
determining, using the control circuitry, that the first box art is not available in a database storing box art for media identifiers;
in response to determining that the first box art is not available in the database, determining, using the control circuitry, whether the first media asset is part of a series of media assets;
in response to determining that the first media asset is part of the series of media assets, determining, using the control circuitry, whether the database includes a second box art, wherein the second box art is associated with the series of media assets;
in response to determining that the database includes the second box art, associating, using the control circuitry, the second box art with the first media identifier; and
generating for display, on a display device, the first media identifier with the second box art.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether the first media asset is an episode of the series of media assets.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second box art is selected based on votes received from a social network.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying textual content in the second box art; and
modifying the textual content based on a characteristic of the first media asset.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first media identifier comprises a cell in a mosaic display.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to determining that the first media asset is not part of the series of media assets, retrieving a default box art.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the default box art is selected based on a characteristic of the first media asset.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein a template for the default box art is selected based on a characteristic of the first media asset.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the default box art is populated with textual content about the first media asset.
10. A system for providing objects describing media content, the system comprising:
storage circuitry configured to store a database of box art: and control circuitry configured to:
receive a request for a first media identifier, wherein the first media identifier is associated with a first box art describing a first media asset;
determine that the first box art is not available in the database;
in response to determining that the first box art is not available in the database, determine whether the first media asset is part of a series of media assets;
in response to determining that the first media asset is part of the series of media assets, determine whether the database includes a second box art, wherein the second box art is associated with the series of media assets;
in response to determining that the database includes the second box art, associate the second box art with the first media identifier; and
generate for display the first media identifier with the second box art.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine whether the first media asset is an episode of the series of media assets.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the second box art is selected based on votes received from a social network.
13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
identify textual content in the second box art; and
modify the textual content based on a characteristic of the first media asset.
14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first media identifier comprises a cell in a mosaic display.
15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to retrieve a default box art in response to determining that the first media asset is not part of the series of media assets.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the default box art is selected based on a characteristic of the first media asset.
17. The system of claim 15 , wherein a template for the default box art is selected based on a characteristic of the first media asset.
18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the default box art is populated with textual content about the first media asset.