Patent ID: 8863180

Claim:
A system configured to provide interactive episodes in which progression of storylines is contingent upon user interactions with the episodes, the system comprising: one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: an episode viewing module configured to provide an episode for presentation to a user, the episode including one or both of audio media or visual media conveying a storyline involving a plot with one or both of one or more characters or one or more scenes; an activity module configured to facilitate one or more user activities during presentation of the episode including a first user activity, individual ones of the one or more user activities being contextually related to the storyline of the presented episode, a given user activity including a visual and/or audio queue to prompt the user to participate in the given user activity, wherein progression of the storyline of the presented episode is suspended during the given user activity; and an interaction module configured to receive one or more user interactions during individual ones of the one or more user activities facilitated during presentation of the episode, wherein the storyline continues to progress after the first user activity responsive to receipt of a first user interaction; wherein completion of individual ones of the user activities is inconsequential to the plot of the storyline of the presented episode.