Asset storage and retrieval using word permutations

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to be operable for:

• receiving a request for a first asset, the request including a word permutation;
• using the word permutation to determine an asset identifier for the first asset;
• determining whether the first asset can be retrieved from a database using the asset identifier;
• responsive to determining the first asset cannot be retrieved:
• determining a second asset representation for a second asset that is within a threshold to a first asset representation in a space, wherein asset representations are encoded into the space based on contents of respective assets;
• and
• returning the second asset for the request;
• and
• responsive to determining the first asset can be retrieved:
• retrieving the first asset from the database;
• and
• returning the first asset for the request.

A method comprising:

• receiving a first asset for storage in a database;
• determining a first asset representation in a space for the first asset, wherein asset representations are encoded into the space based on contents of respective assets;
• determining a second asset representation for a second asset, wherein the second asset representation is within a threshold to first asset representation in the space, and wherein the second asset is stored in the database;
• determining a second word permutation for the second asset representation;
• generating a first word permutation for the first asset based on the second word permutation for the second asset representation;
• and
• storing the first asset in the database, wherein the first word permutation is usable to retrieve the first asset.