Multimedia file upload

A computer system for conducting a media search, comprising:

• a network interface adapted to receive an incoming stream of packets sent by a second computer system, wherein the packets are generated from a video file;
• a processing unit adapted to:
• extract a plurality of frames from the incoming packets, during and in parallel to the receipt of the incoming stream generated from the video file and completing said extraction before all the packets of the incoming stream of video file are received;
• and
• before all the frames of the video file are received at the first computer system, use the plurality of frames for a search in a database for video files comprising another video file documenting content similar to the content of the video file.

A computer program product for conducting a media search, comprising:

• a non-transitory memory having stored there a code for execution by at least one hardware processor of a computing system, the code comprising:
• instructions for receiving an incoming stream of packets sent by a second computer system, wherein the packets are generated from a video file;
• instructions for extracting a plurality of frames from the incoming packets, during and in parallel to the receipt of the incoming stream generated from the video file and completing said extraction before all the packets of the incoming stream of video file are received;
• and
• instructions for using, before all the frames of the video file are received at the first computer system, the plurality of frames for a search in a database for video files comprising another video file documenting content similar to the content of the video file.