Systems and methods for managing access to media assets based on a projected location of a user
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that allows access restrictions to be modified in a flexible manner based on a deviation in a user's projected location. Specifically, the media guidance application determines at an end of a first time period whether a user is in a projected location for a second time period. If the user is in a projected location for the second time period, the media guidance application sets a second level of media access restriction. However, if the media guidance application determines that the user is not in the projected location for the second time period, the media guidance application maintains the first level of media access restriction.
1. A method for modifying access to media content, the method comprising:
identifying a particular access restriction associated with the media content;
determining that a first time period has ended, wherein the first time period is associated with the particular access restriction for the media content;
in response to determining that the first time period has ended:
retrieving, from a database, a location where a user is expected to be present during a second time period; and
determining, based on comparing a current location of the user to the location where the user is expected to be present during the second time period, whether the user is in the location where the user is expected to be present during the second time period; and
in response to determining that the user is not in the location where the user is expected to be present during the second time period, maintaining the particular access restriction for the media content.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to determining that the user is in the location where the user is expected to be present during the second time period, replacing the particular access restriction for the media content with a different access restriction for the media content.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
in response to replacing the particular access restriction with the different access restriction for the media content, providing a notification to the user that the particular access restriction will be modified.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining the current location of the user by analyzing at least one of a content of an electronic message or a context of the electronic message.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the electronic message is at least one of a short message service message associated with the user, a multimedia message service message associated with the user, a calendaring application entry associated with the user, or an update to a section of a website associated with the user.
6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
retrieving the electronic message by periodically querying the database, wherein the database comprises published communications of the user.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the user is a parent user; and
the method further comprises providing a notification to a computing device associated with a child user indicating that the particular access restriction for the media content will be maintained for at least a portion of the second time period.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
providing the notification to a computing device of the parent user indicating that the particular access restriction for the media content will be maintained for at least the portion of the second time period.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular access restriction blocks or otherwise restricts access to the media content based on a comparison of one or more characteristics of the media content to the particular access restriction, and wherein the one or more characteristics of the media content comprise at least one of: media content ratings for the media content, categories of the media content or age ratings associated with the media content.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing an option to the user to override the maintaining of the particular access restriction; and
in response to the user selecting the option, replacing the particular access restriction with a different access restriction.
11. A system comprising:
a computer memory configured to store a location where a user is expected to be present during a second time period; and
control circuitry configured to:
identify a particular access restriction associated with media content;
determine that a first time period has ended, wherein the first time period is associated with the particular access restriction for the media content;
in response to determining that the first time period has ended:
retrieve, from a database, the location where the user is expected to be present during the second time period; and
determine, based on comparing a current location of the user to the location where the user is expected to be present during the second time period, whether the user is in the location where the user is expected to be present during the second time period; and
in response to determining that the user is not in the location where the user is expected to be present during the second time period, maintain the particular access restriction for the media content.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to, in response to determining that the user is in the location where the user is expected to be present during the second time period, replace the particular access restriction for the media content with a different access restriction for the media content.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to, in response to replacing the particular access restriction with the different access restriction for the media content, provide a notification to the user that the particular access restriction will be modified.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine the current location of the user by analyzing at least one of a content of an electronic message or a context of the electronic message.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the electronic message is at least one of a short message service message associated with the user, a multimedia message service message associated with the user, a calendaring application entry associated with the user, or an update to a section of a website associated with the user.
16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to retrieve the electronic message by periodically querying the database, wherein the database comprises published communications of the user.
17. The system of claim 11 , wherein:
the user is a parent user; and
the control circuitry is further configured to provide a notification to a computing device associated with a child user indicating that the particular access restriction for the media content will be maintained for at least a portion of the second time period.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to provide the notification to a computing device of the parent user indicating that the particular access restriction for the media content will be maintained for at least the portion of the second time period.
19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the particular access restriction blocks or otherwise restricts access to the media content based on a comparison of one or more characteristics of the media content to the particular access restriction, and wherein the one or more characteristics of the media content comprise at least one of: media content ratings for the media content, categories of the media content or age ratings associated with the media content.
20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
provide an option to the user to override the maintaining of the particular access restriction; and
in response to the user selecting the option, replace the particular access restriction with a different access restriction.