Patent ID: 8346801
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for video retrieval, comprising: providing a first audio video file; determining a first identifier of a first piece of music in the first audio video file, wherein the first piece of music can appear at any position within the first audio video file; looking up, using said first identifier, first meta data in a music database, in which said first meta data are associated with said first identifier, wherein the first meta data are descriptive of an entire piece of music identified based on the first piece of music; providing second meta data of a second piece of music from said music database, wherein the second piece of music is included in a second audio video file, wherein the second meta data are descriptive of an entire piece of music identified based on the second piece of music, and the second piece of music can appear at any position in the second audio video file; determining, using a microprocessor, a similarity measure by comparing the first and second meta data; and providing the second audio video file or an identifier thereof, when the similarity measure meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold.