Patent ID: 8836804

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions executed by a processor, the non-transitory computer readable medium recording a first video, a second video, and metadata for displaying the first video and the second video by superimposing the second video over the first video in a picture-in-picture format, wherein the second video is provided in such a manner that display or non-display of the second video is changed at an arbitrary point of time within a displayable period designated in the first video, the metadata is data that includes: time information representing a dedicated second playback time in the second video differing from a first playback time in the first video, and displayed area information that represents a displayed area of the second video in the first video at the time when the second video is changed to displaying, imparted in correspondence with the second playback time in the second video, and wherein video data contained in the non-transitory computer readable medium is reproduced by a video synthesizing apparatus which reads out the first video, the second video and the metadata, designates a displayed position inside the first video based on the metadata when the second video is displayed at an arbitrary point of time, and synthesizes the second video over the displayed position, wherein the metadata manages the second playback time at which the displayed area of the second video is changed to a different position in the first video.