Methods and systems for providing media recommendations based on user location
Methods and systems are described herein to recommend media assets to a user based on user location. A media guidance application may identify, using control circuitry, a user location. The media guidance application may generate a list of a plurality of media assets that match a user profile. The media guidance application may determine whether subject matter of a first media asset of the plurality of media assets is inconsistent with the user location. The media guidance application may remove the first media asset from the list in response to determining that the subject matter of the first media asset is inconsistent with the user location.
1. A method for recommending a media asset based on a location associated with a user, the method comprising:
identifying the location associated with a user profile or a user device;
generating a list of a plurality of media assets that match the user profile;
in response to determining that the media asset from the list was previously accessed, replacing the identified location with a subject matter location of the previously accessed media asset if the subject matter location of the previously accessed media asset is inconsistent with the identified location;
generating, for display, respective media asset identifiers of the plurality of media assets;
determining whether one or more objects presented as subject matter in a first media asset of the plurality of media assets is banned at the identified location; and
in response to determining that the one or more objects presented as the subject matter in the first media asset is banned at the identified location, generating, for display an explanation of the one or more objects determined as banned, wherein the explanation includes a reason why the one or more objects is banned and the explanation is generated based on the identified location associated with the user profile or the user device.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
automatically updating the identified location associated with the user device;
determining whether subject matter of a second media asset of the plurality of media assets is banned at the updated location; and
removing the second media asset from the list in response to determining that the subject matter of the second media asset is banned at the updated location.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the subject matter of the first media asset of the plurality of media assets is banned at the identified location further comprises determining that a media asset location associated with the first media asset is not the same as the identified location associated with the user profile or the user device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the subject matter of the first media asset of the plurality of media assets is banned at the identified location further comprises determining that a distance between a media asset location associated with the first media asset and the identified location associated with the user profile or the user device is greater than a threshold distance.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the list of the plurality of media assets further comprises:
determining a plurality of trending topics associated with the list of the plurality al media assets; and
generating for display the plurality of trending topics.
6. The method of claim 1 , Further comprising:
identifying a keyword that is popular among a plurality of user communications on a social network;
generating a trending topic in response to identifying the keyword;
searching a second list of a plurality of media assets that match the user profile to identify a given media asset in the second list that includes subject matter that matches subject matter of the trending topic; and
in response to identifying the given media asset, causing the trending topic to be presented to the user together with the given media asset.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to determining that the one or more objects presented as the subject matter in the first media asset is not banned at the identified location, generating, for display an explanation, wherein the explanation includes a reason why the one or more objects are relevant to the user associated with the user profile.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to determining that the one or more objects presented as the subject matter in the first media asset is not banned, displaying an explanation that includes a reason why the first media asset is considered inconsistent with the identified location.
9. A system for recommending a media asset based on a location associated with a user, the system comprising control circuitry configured to:
identify the location associated with a user profile or a user device;
generate a list of a plurality of media assets that match the user profile;
in response to determining that the media asset from the list was previously accessed, replace the identified location with a subject matter location of the previously accessed media asset if the subject matter location of the previously accessed media asset is inconsistent with the identified location;
generate, for display, respective media asset identifiers of the plurality of media assets;
determine whether one or more objects presented as subject matter in a first media asset of the plurality of media assets is banned at the identified location; and
in response to determining that the one or more objects presented as the subject matter in the first media asset is banned at the identified location, generate, for display an explanation of the one or more objects determined as banned, wherein the explanation includes a reason why the one or more objects is banned and the explanation is generated based on the identified location associated with the user profile or the user device.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
automatically update the identified location associated with the user device;
determine whether subject matter of a second media asset of the plurality of media assets is banned at the updated location; and
remove the second media asset from the list in response to determining that the subject matter of the second media asset is banned at the updated location.
11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry configured to determine whether the subject matter of the first media asset of the plurality of media assets is banned at the identified location is further configured to determine that a media asset location associated with the first media asset is not the same as the identified location associated with the user profile or the user device.
12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry configured to determine whether the subject matter of the first media asset of the plurality of media assets is banned at the identified location is further configured to determine that a distance between a media asset location associated with the first media asset and the identified location associated with the user profile or the user device is greater than a threshold distance.
13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry configured to generate the list of the plurality of media assets is further configured to:
determine a plurality of trending topics associated with the list of the plurality of media assets; and
generate for display the plurality of trending topics.
14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
identify a keyword that is popular among a plurality of user communications on a social network;
generate a trending topic in response to identifying the keyword;
search a second list of a plurality of media assets that match the user profile to identify a given media asset in the second list that includes subject matter that matches subject matter of the trending topic; and
in response to identifying the given media asset, cause the trending topic to be presented to the user together with the given media asset.