Patent ID: 8687054

Claim:
A method for providing individualized video program content comprising: providing first, second and third video streams, the first video stream containing common video information to be provided at one or more times simultaneously to both of a first and second viewer, the second video stream containing second video information to be provided at one or more times only to the second viewer, and the third video stream containing third video information to be provided at one or more times only to the first viewer, the first, second, and third video streams together comprising a single video program, with the first, second and third video streams being different from each other; providing first, second and third audio streams, the first audio stream containing common audio information to be provided simultaneously to the first and second viewers, the second audio stream containing second audio information to be provided at one or more times only to the second viewer, and the third audio stream containing third audio information to be provided only to the first viewer, the first, second and third audio streams synchronized with respective ones of the first, second and third video streams; dividing a video program time period into at least a first time period, a second time period and a third time period, the first, second and third time periods being contiguous time periods, the second time period following the first time period and before the third time period, with the third time period following the first and second time periods; providing, during the first time period, the first video stream and the first audio stream simultaneously to the first and second viewers, with the first audio stream synchronized with the first video stream; providing, during the second time period, an interleaved combination of the second and third video streams and an interleaved combination of the second and third audio streams coordinated with the interleaved combination of the second and third video streams, wherein the second video stream and the third video stream are alternatively provided to respective ones of the second and first viewers coordinated with respective ones of second and third audio streams; providing, during the third time period, the first video stream and the first audio stream simultaneously to the first and second viewers, with the first audio stream synchronized with the first video stream.