# Comcast Cable Communications — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Comcast Cable Communications has 3 landmark patents explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How a System Ranks Content Based on Friend Recommendations](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/20230245158/content-recommendation-system)
  This patent describes a system that recommends content, like TV shows, by tracking how many friends accept social media recommendations and then ranking content based on how fast those acceptances are growing.
- [How Computers Automatically Tag Movies and Shows Better](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12135756/content-recommendation-system-with-weighted-metadata-annotations) — granted 2024
  This patent describes a system for automatically improving how movies, TV shows, and other media are tagged with descriptive labels by comparing them to similar content using a special ratio.
- [How a Recommendation System Uses Dislikes to Suggest New Content](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11416536/content-recommendation-system-11416536) — granted 2022
  Comcast's patent describes a content recommendation system that finds users with similar tastes by focusing on what content they both dislike, especially popular disliked items, to suggest new shows or movies.

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