Systems and methods for conflict detection based on user preferences

1. A method to detect a conflict between viewing selections of two users while viewing a media asset, the method comprising:

generating for display, in response to a first request from a first user, a first media asset on a user equipment device;

receiving a second request from a second user while the first media is being generated for display on the user equipment device, wherein the second request from the second user includes generating for display a second media asset on the user equipment device;

determining a first priority associated with the first user and a second priority associated with the second user;

determining a first scheduled time period of the first media asset and a second scheduled time period of the second media asset;

determining whether a conflict exists between the first request and the second request by:

detecting whether the first scheduled time period and the second scheduled time period overlap;

in response to determining that the first scheduled time period and the second scheduled time period overlap, determining whether the first priority of the first user is higher than the second priority of the second user; and

in response to determining that the first priority of the first user is higher than the second priority of the second user:

determining that the conflict exists between the first request and the second request;

generating for display, on the user equipment device, the second user's request to view the second media asset on the user equipment device, wherein the first user is prompted to accept or reject the second user's request to view the second media asset; and

in response to receiving a rejection of the second user's request from the first user:

recording the second media asset;

in response to determining that the first priority of the first user is lower than the second priority of the second user:

replacing the first media asset with the second media asset on the user equipment device; and

recording a remaining portion of the first media asset.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining whether the first scheduled time period and the second scheduled time period overlap comprises:

extracting, from memory, a first scheduled time and a first duration of the first media asset and a second scheduled time and a second duration of the second media asset, from a first metadata of the first media asset and a second metadata of a second media asset, respectively;

determining the conflict when the first scheduled time is within the second duration after the second scheduled time; and

determining the conflict when the second scheduled time is within the first duration after the first scheduled time.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

queuing the second media asset to be generated for display on the user equipment device after the first media asset based on the determining that the second scheduled time is after the first duration after the first scheduled time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first interaction is received through a first device and the second interaction is received through a second device, wherein the first device and the second device are connected to the user equipment device via a network.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the generating for display the indication of the conflict between the first request and the second request comprises displaying the first metadata of the first media asset and the second metadata of the second media asset on the user equipment device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the first priority comprises:

determining whether the first media asset is being broadcast live; and

in response determining that the first media asset is being broadcast live, assigning the first priority a value higher than the second priority.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining whether the conflict exists between the first request and the second request further comprises:

in response determining that the first media asset is not being broadcast live, and the second media asset is being broadcast live, replacing the first media asset with the second media asset for display on the user equipment device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining whether the conflict exists between the first request and the second request further comprises:

receiving a first set of settings for generating the first media asset on the user equipment device from the first user;

receiving a second set of settings for generating the first media asset on the user equipment device from the second user;

determining a difference in at least one setting between the first set of settings and the second set of settings for generating the first media asset; and

generating for display on the user equipment device the conflict of the difference in at least one setting received from the first user and the second user.

9. A system to detect a conflict between viewing selections of two users while viewing a media asset, the system comprising:

control circuitry configured to:

generate for display, in response to a first request from a first user, a first media asset on a user equipment device;

receive a second request from a second user while the first media is being generated for display on the user equipment device, wherein the second request from the second user includes generating for display a second media asset on the user equipment device;

determine a first priority associated with the first user and a second priority associated with the second user;

determine a first scheduled time period of the first media asset and a second scheduled time period of the second media asset;

determine whether a conflict exists between the first request and the second request by:

detect whether the first scheduled time period and the second scheduled time period overlap;

in response to determining that the first scheduled time period and the second scheduled time period overlap, determine whether the first priority of the first user is higher than the second priority of the second user; and

in response to determining that the first priority of the first user is higher than the second priority of the second user:

determine that the conflict exists between the first request and the second request;

generating for display, on the user equipment device, the second user's request to view the second media asset on the user equipment device, wherein the first user is prompted to accept or reject the second user's request to view the second media asset; and

in response to receiving a rejection of the second user's request from the first user:

recording the second media asset

in response to determining that the first priority of the first user is lower than the second priority of the second user:

replacing the first media asset with the second media asset on the user equipment device; and

recording a remaining portion of the first media asset.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry configured to determine whether the first scheduled time period and the second scheduled time period overlap is further configured to:

extract, from memory, a first scheduled time and a first duration of the first media asset and a second scheduled time and a second duration of the second media asset, from a first metadata of the first media asset and a second metadata of a second media asset, respectively;

determine the conflict when the first scheduled time is within the second duration after the second scheduled time; and

determine the conflict when the second scheduled time is within the first duration after the first scheduled time.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

queue the second media asset to be generated for display on the user equipment device after the first media asset based on the determining that the second scheduled time is after the first duration after the first scheduled time.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the first interaction is received through a first device and the second interaction is received through a second device, wherein the first device and the second device are connected to the user equipment device via a network.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry configured to generate for display the indication of the conflict between the first request and the second request is further configured to display the first metadata of the first media asset and the second metadata of the second media asset on the user equipment device.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry configured to determine the first priority is further configured to:

determine whether the first media asset is being broadcast live; and

in response determining that the first media asset is being broadcast live, assign the first priority a value higher than the second priority.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry configured to determine whether the conflict exists between the first request and the second request is further configured to:

in response determining that the first media asset is not being broadcast live, and the second media asset is being broadcast live, replace the first media asset with the second media asset for display on the user equipment device.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry configured to determine whether the conflict exists between the first request and the second request is further configured to:

receive a first set of settings for generating the first media asset on the user equipment device from the first user;

receive a second set of settings for generating the first media asset on the user equipment device from the second user;

determine a difference in at least one setting between the first set of settings and the second set of settings for generating the first media asset; and

generate for display on the user equipment device the conflict of the difference in at least one setting received from the first user and the second user.