Virtual interactivity for a broadcast content-delivery medium

A method for adding virtual interactivity to a broadcast content-delivery medium, the method comprising:

• a voice-controlled system comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer-readable hardware storage device coupled to the processor, the storage device containing program code configured to be run by the processor via the memory to implement the method for adding virtual interactivity to a broadcast content-delivery medium, the method comprising:
• the system determining that broadcast content has been delivered to a user, where the delivery is performed by transmitting the content through the broadcast content-delivery medium from a content source to a unidirectional content-delivery device;
• the system detecting, through an audio interface, that an oral command has been spoken by the user;
• the system inferring semantic meaning from the detected command, where the inference indicates that the user has performed a desired action;
• the system correlating the performance of the desired action with the broadcast content;
• the system retrieving one or more rules as a function of the correlation, where the rules identify a responsive action associated with the correlation between the desired action and the broadcast content;
• and
• the system performing the responsive action.

A computer program product, comprising a computer-readable hardware storage medium having a computer-readable program code stored therein, the program code configured to be executed by a voice-controlled system comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer-readable hardware storage device coupled to the processor, to implement a method for adding virtual interactivity to a broadcast content-delivery medium, the method comprising:

• the system determining that broadcast content has been delivered to a user, where the delivery is performed by transmitting the content through the broadcast content-delivery medium from a content source to a unidirectional content-delivery device;
• the system detecting, through an audio interface, that an oral command has been spoken by the user;
• the system inferring semantic meaning from the detected command, where the inference indicates that the user has performed a desired action;
• the system correlating the performance of the desired action with the broadcast content;
• the system retrieving one or more rules as a function of the correlation;
• where the rules identify a responsive action associated with the correlation between the desired action and the broadcast content;
• and
• the system performing the responsive action.