{
  "patent_number": "US 20230245158",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How a System Ranks Content Based on Friend Recommendations",
  "original_title": "Content Recommendation System",
  "summary": "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.",
  "what_it_does": "The system tracks how often users accept social media recommendations for various content items, such as TV shows or movies, over different periods (Claim 1). It then creates a list of these content items, ordering them based on how quickly the number of accepted recommendations is changing (Claim 1). For example, if a new show suddenly gets a lot more accepted recommendations from friends, it would move higher on the list. When a user selects an item from this list, the system makes that content available to them (Claim 1). The system can also send a social media recommendation to a friend if a user is watching something, and grant a 'recommendation credit' to the user if their friend accepts it (Claim 7, Claim 9).",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Recommendations not based on 'social media recommendations' (e.g., editorial picks or recommendations based solely on individual viewing history).",
    "Ranking content purely by the total number of recommendations, rather than the 'rate of change' in accepted recommendations (Claim 1).",
    "Systems that do not involve sending a 'list of the content items' ordered by a specific metric (Claim 1).",
    "Recommendations that do not involve a 'friends list' or social network connections (Claim 7).",
    "Content delivery systems that do not track or respond to social media recommendations at all."
  ],
  "filed": "2023-01-05",
  "granted": null,
  "expires": "2043-01-05",
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Comcast Cable Communications",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/comcast-cable-communications",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Nida Zada",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/nida-zada"
    },
    {
      "name": "John McCrea",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/john-mccrea"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ryan King",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/ryan-king"
    },
    {
      "name": "Christopher Connolly",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/christopher-connolly"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jason Li",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/jason-li"
    },
    {
      "name": "Peter Lester",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/peter-lester"
    },
    {
      "name": "Christopher Kennedy",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/christopher-kennedy"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "telecommunications",
    "ai_ml"
  ],
  "abstract": "A social network content recommendation system allows users to identify friends, recommend content to friends, and receive awards for influencing friends. Internet pages can be used to display rankings of recommended programs, user profiles and their awards, and dynamic chats relating to specific programs, such as television shows.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/20230245158/content-recommendation-system",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/20230245158/content-recommendation-system/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230245158",
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