Methods and systems for suggesting additional content
View Patent ↗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.
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.