Interpreting media

A computing device of a computing system, the computing device comprises:

• an interface;
• a local memory;
• and
• a processing module operably coupled to the interface and the local memory, wherein the processing module functions to:
• obtain a set of media element identigens for each of a plurality of media elements of media to produce a plurality of sets of media element identigens, wherein a first set of media element identigens is a set of possible interpretations of a first media element of the plurality of media elements, wherein the processing module obtains the set of media element identigens by:
• interpreting the media to identify a media type, wherein the media type includes at least one of a video media type, an image media type, and an audio media type;
• partitioning the media between video scenes to produce the plurality of media elements when the media type indicates the video media type;
• partitioning the media between image segments to produce the plurality of media elements when the media type indicates the image media type;
• partitioning the media between audio sections to produce the plurality of media elements when the media type indicates the audio media type;
• and
• accessing, for each media element of the plurality of media elements, a knowledge database to recover a corresponding set of media element identigens;
• generate a set of relationships, wherein a first relationship of the set of relationships is between the first media element and a second media element of the plurality of media elements and provides a list of one or more ways in which the first and second media elements are related;
• and
• process different permutations of the plurality of sets of media element identigens in accordance with the set of relationships to generate an entigen group, wherein the entigen group represents a most likely interpretation of the media, wherein the processing module processes the different permutations of the plurality of sets of media element identigens by:
• identifying, for each set of media element identigens of the plurality of sets of media element identigens, one or more related sets of media element identigens in accordance with one or more corresponding relationships of the set of relationships to produce the permutations of the plurality of sets of media element identigens, wherein each permutation of the permutations of the plurality of sets of media element identigens includes a unique combination of one media element identigen per each set of media element identigens, wherein the first relationship is further associated with the first set of media element identigens and a second set of media element identigens, wherein the second set of media element identigens is a set of possible interpretations of the second media element;
• comparing the permutations of the plurality of sets of media element identigens in accordance with the set of relationships to one or more corresponding entigen groups of the knowledge database to produce a comparison, wherein the knowledge database includes a plurality of records that represent relationships between entigens;
• selecting one media element identigen from each set of media element identigens of the permutations of the plurality of sets of media element identigens based on the comparison to produce selected media element identigens;
• and
• generating the entigen group based on the selected media element identigens and the set of relationships.

A non-transitory computer readable memory comprises:

• a first memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by a processing module, causes the processing module to:
• obtain a set of media element identigens for each of a plurality of media elements of media to produce a plurality of sets of media element identigens, wherein a first set of media element identigens is a set of possible interpretations of a first media element of the plurality of media elements, wherein the processing module obtains the set of media element identigens by:
• interpreting the media to identify a media type, wherein the media type includes at least one of a video media type, an image media type, and an audio media type;
• partitioning the media between video scenes to produce the plurality of media elements when the media type indicates the video media type;
• partitioning the media between image segments to produce the plurality of media elements when the media type indicates the image media type;
• partitioning the media between audio sections to produce the plurality of media elements when the media type indicates the audio media type;
• and
• accessing, for each media element of the plurality of media elements, a knowledge database to recover a corresponding set of media element identigens;
• a second memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processing module, causes the processing module to:
• generate a set of relationships, wherein a first relationship of the set of relationships is between the first media element and a second media element of the plurality of media elements and provides a list of one or more ways in which the first and second media elements are related;
• and
• a third memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processing module, causes the processing module to:
• process different permutations of the plurality of sets of media element identigens in accordance with the set of relationships to generate an entigen group, wherein the entigen group represents a most likely interpretation of the media, wherein the processing module processes the different permutations of the plurality of sets of media element identigens by:
• identifying, for each set of media element identigens of the plurality of sets of media element identigens, one or more related sets of media element identigens in accordance with one or more corresponding relationships of the set of relationships to produce the permutations of the plurality of sets of media element identigens, wherein each permutation of the permutations of the plurality of sets of media element identigens includes a unique combination of one media element identigen per each set of media element identigens, wherein the first relationship is further associated with the first set of media element identigens and a second set of media element identigens, wherein the second set of media element identigens is a set of possible interpretations of the second media element;
• comparing the permutations of the plurality of sets of media element identigens in accordance with the set of relationships to one or more corresponding entigen groups of the knowledge database to produce a comparison, wherein the knowledge database includes a plurality of records that represent relationships between entigens;
• selecting one media element identigen from each set of media element identigens of the permutations of the plurality of sets of media element identigens based on the comparison to produce selected media element identigens;
• and
• generating the entigen group based on the selected media element identigens and the set of relationships.