Patent ID: 8031979

Claim:
A method of verifying multimedia entities in a processing device to determine whether a first multimedia entity matches a second multimedia entity, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: selecting, by a content-based search, from a plurality of second multimedia entities, a set of second multimedia entities close to said first multimedia entity, and deciding, in the processing device, as to at least one match between said first multimedia entity and at least one second multimedia entity of said set of second multimedia entities, based on a comparison between said first multimedia entity and said second multimedia entities of said set, wherein said deciding step comprises sub-steps of: obtaining a first criterion (C1) of match reliability, comparing the first reliability criterion (C1) obtained with a predetermined threshold, in the processing device, according to the result of the comparison, deciding, in the processing device, whether a first match between the first multimedia entity and the second multimedia entity exists, and in case of a positive first match decision, the method comprises the following steps performed by the processing device: extracting a first item of information from the first multimedia entity, comparing the extracted item of information with a second item of information of the second multimedia entity, obtaining a second criterion (C2) of match reliability, according to the result of the comparison of items of information, deciding as to a match between the first and second items of information, deciding as to a second match between the first multimedia entity and the second multimedia entity depending, on the one hand, on the decision of the first match between the first and second multimedia entity and, on the other hand, on the decision as to a match between the first and second items of information, and determining a measurement of the reliability of the decision as to the second match depending on at least one of the first and second match reliability criteria.