Ingesting streaming signals

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• system memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions configured to cause the processor to:
• concurrently during ingestion of a raw streaming signal:
• sample a single frame contained in the raw streaming signal;
• separate the raw streaming signal into a plurality of segments;
• and
• store the plurality of segments at a storage device;
• preliminarily classify the raw streaming signal as indicative of a real-world event type through reference to a content classifier and from a hint with respect to the more complete content of the raw streaming signal included in the sampled single frame;
• trigger a deeper inspection of the raw streaming signal based on the preliminary classification;
• perform the deeper inspection, including:
• play a segment, from among the plurality of segments, from the storage device;
• inspect the content of the segment during play of the segment;
• and
• compute a probability that the raw streaming signal is actually indicative of a real-world event of the real-world event type;
• and
• update a context dimension of a normalized Time, Location, Context (TLC) signal corresponding to the raw streaming signal to include the probability of the real-world event type.