Audio associations for interactive media event triggering

A method for adding electronically-driven effects to a dynamic user-influenced media experience, the method comprising:

• receiving as a first developer input an audio trigger corresponding to one or more words or phrases within a textual transcript of an audio content stream to be presented as part of the dynamic user-influenced media experience;
• receiving as a second developer input a selection of a defined event that is to be executed in temporal association with an audible occurrence of the audio trigger during the dynamic user-influenced media experience;
• generating a metadata file including metadata temporally associating the defined event with a timestamp of the audible occurrence of the audio trigger within the audio content stream, wherein execution of the defined event is dependent first user upon input provided by an end user during execution of the dynamic user-influenced media experience;
• synchronizing a read pointer for the metadata file with a playback pointer for the audio content stream;
• modifying timing of the audio content stream responsive to second user input received during the dynamic user-influenced media experience;
• and
• as a result of the modified timing, the synchronization of the read pointer with the playback pointer, and the playback pointer for the audio content stream reaching a position originally associated with the timestamp in the audio content stream, executing the defined event during the dynamic user-influenced media experience.

One or more tangible computer-readable storage media devices encoding computer-executable instructions for executing a computer process that adds electronically-driven effects to a dynamic user-influenced media experience, the computing process comprising:

• receiving a first developer input designating an audio trigger associated with a select location within an audio content stream;
• receiving a second developer input defining an event that is to be executed when a playback pointer reaches the select location within the audio content stream during the dynamic user-influenced media experience;
• generating a metadata file including metadata temporally associating the defined event with the select location within the audio content stream, wherein execution of the defined event is dependent upon first user input provided by an end user during execution of the dynamic user-influenced media experience;
• synchronizing a read pointer for the metadata file with a playback pointer for the audio content stream;
• modifying timing of the audio content stream responsive to second user input received during the dynamic user-influenced media experience;
• and
• as a result of the modified timing, the synchronization of the read pointer with the playback pointer, and the playback pointer for the audio content stream reaching a position originally associated with the timestamp in the audio content stream, executing the defined event during the dynamic user-influenced media experience.