Systems and methods for presenting user selected scenes

Abstract

Systems and methods are described herein for presenting user selected scenes. A media guidance application may generate for display a listing for a media asset, wherein a play length of the media asset includes a non-selectable play length portion and a selectable play length portion. The media guidance application may generate for display a first scene option corresponding to a first scene and a second scene option corresponding to a second scene. The media guidance application may receive a user selection of the first or second scene option and incorporate the selected scene into the selectable play length portion of the media asset. The media guidance application may generate for display the media asset with the selected scene incorporated into the selectable play length portion.

1 . A method for presenting user selected scenes, the method comprising:
 generating for display a listing for a media asset, wherein a play length of the media asset includes a non-selectable play length portion and a selectable play length portion;   generating for display a first scene option, wherein the first scene option corresponds to a first scene for incorporation into the selectable play length portion;   generating for display a second scene option, wherein the second scene option corresponds to a second scene for incorporation into the selectable play length portion;   receiving a user selection of the first scene option or the second scene option;   incorporating either the selected first scene or the selected second scene into the selectable play length portion of the media asset based on the user selection; and   generating for display the media asset with the either the selected first scene or the selected second scene incorporated into the selectable play length portion.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user selection is received before a broadcast time of the media asset. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the selectable play length portion of the media asset corresponds to a portion of the play length in which one scene of a plurality of alternate scenes is incorporated. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising incorporating the first scene into the media asset if the user selection is not received. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the media asset includes a plurality of scenes, and wherein incorporating either the first scene or the second scene into the selectable play length portion comprises including the first scene or the second scene in the plurality of scenes. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the non-selectable play length portion and the selectable play length portion are presented in series during playback of the play length. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a play length of the first scene equals a play length of the second scene. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein receiving the user selection of the first scene or the second scene comprises receiving a user selection of an actor, genre, location, or topic that corresponds to the selected first scene or the selected second scene. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 automatically selecting a third scene for incorporation into a second selectable play length portion of the media asset, wherein the third scene corresponds to either the selected first scene or the selected second scene.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein automatically selecting the third scene comprises comparing metadata associated with the selected first scene or the selected second scene to metadata associated with the third scene; and
 wherein the method further comprises determining to automatically select the third scene based on the metadata associated with the selected first scene or the selected second scene corresponding to the metadata associated with the third scene.   
     
     
         11 . A system for presenting user selected scenes, the system comprising:
 control circuitry configured to:
 generate for display a listing for a media asset, wherein a play length of the media asset includes a non-selectable play length portion and a selectable play length portion; 
 generate for display a first scene option, wherein the first scene option corresponds to a first scene for incorporation into the selectable play length portion; 
 generate for display a second scene option, wherein the second scene option corresponds to a second scene for incorporation into the selectable play length portion; 
 receive a user selection of the first scene option or the second scene option; 
 incorporate either the selected first scene or the selected second scene into the selectable play length portion of the media asset based on the user selection; and 
 generate for display the media asset with the either the selected first scene or the selected second scene incorporated into the selectable play length portion. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the user selection is received before a broadcast time of the media asset. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the selectable play length portion of the media asset corresponds to a portion of the play length in which one scene of a plurality of alternate scenes is incorporated. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to incorporate the first scene into the media asset if the user selection is not received. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the media asset includes a plurality of scenes, and wherein the control circuitry is configured to incorporate either the first scene or the second scene into the selectable play length portion by including the first scene or the second scene in the plurality of scenes. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the non-selectable play length portion and the selectable play length portion are presented in series during playback of the play length. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein a play length of the first scene equals a play length of the second scene. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to receive the user selection of the first scene or the second scene by receiving a user selection of an actor, genre, location, or topic that corresponds to the selected first scene or the selected second scene. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
 automatically select a third scene for incorporation into a second selectable play length portion of the media asset, wherein the third scene corresponds to either the selected first scene or the selected second scene.   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to automatically select the third scene by comparing metadata associated with the selected first scene or the selected second scene to metadata associated with the third scene; and
 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine to automatically select the third scene based on the metadata associated with the selected first scene or the selected second scene corresponding to the metadata associated with the third scene.   
     
     
         21 - 50 . (canceled)