Systems and methods for virtual interaction

A method for conducting a virtual interaction session between an end-user and a person of interest, the method comprising:

• receiving an input, the input including a text string representing one or more questions or statements directed to the person of interest;
• accessing an electronic directory storing one or more conversational interactions, each stored conversational interaction including a question or statement directed to the person of interest, and a corresponding link identifying a file stored at a remote data store and including content that features the person of interest and is responsive to the question or statement of the stored conversational interaction;
• using a processor, automatically identifying at least one stored conversational interaction including a question or statement associated with at least one question or statement of the input;
• using the processor, accessing, from the remote data store, at least a portion of the file identified by the link of the identified stored conversational interaction;
• and
• using the processor, causing the accessed portion of the file to be displayed on a device of the end-user.

A method for building a virtual interaction database for conducting a virtual interaction session between an end-user of the system and a person of interest, the method comprising:

• uploading a text string to the virtual interaction database, wherein the text string comprises one or more keywords between the end-user and the person of interest;
• identifying a file stored remotely, the file containing content featuring the person of interest having a conversational interaction in connection with the one or more keywords;
• uploading a link to the virtual interaction database, the link corresponding to the identified file;
• and
• identifying first and second time marks of the linked file, the first and second time marks indicating the beginning and subsequent ending of the conversational interaction featured in the content of the file
• wherein the text string, link and time marks are uploaded in association with one another such that receiving an input from an end-user associated with one or more keywords results in playback of the linked file to the end-user.