MULTIMEDIA CONTENT DISCOVERY METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEVICES THAT CAN PLAY MULTIMEDIA CONTENT

摘要

The invention relates to a method comprising the following steps: a) a server (3) obtains, from a multimedia content catalogue (2), each item of multimedia content stored in the multimedia content catalogue (2) together with metadata identifying each stored multimedia content item, in which the multimedia contents stored in the multimedia content catalogue (2) come from the same or different content sources; b) a similarity calculation unit (4) establishes a similarity between different multimedia content items based on at least the metadata identifying each multimedia content item; and c) the server (3) uses the similarity established between the different multimedia content items in order to play, on a graphical interface of a device (1) that can play multimedia content, information relating to one or more multimedia content items similar to multimedia content that the device (1) is playing at a given moment.