Device and method for playing an interactive audiovisual movie

A method of playing an interactive audiovisual movie, the method comprising:

• storing in a data store of a computerized playback device a movie episode data object which comprises a plurality of audio/video segments, audio tracks which are separate from the audio/video segments and have no video content, and playback instructions;
• retrieving by the playback device the playback instructions from the movie episode data object, and in accordance with the playback instructions the playback device performing the steps of:
• retrieving and playing from the movie episode data object audio/video segments,
• generating interface elements for receiving from a user decision commands while playing the audio/video segments,
• retrieving and playing from the movie episode data object further audio/video segments depending on the user decision commands,
• retrieving from the movie episode data object one of the separate audio tracks, and
• playing the separate audio track uninterruptedly, during a change of audio/video segments at a point in time selected interactively and dynamically by the user, while playing an end of a first audio/video segment, up to the point in time selected by the user, and a start of a second audio/video segment which is selected by the user and played subsequently to the first audio/video segment.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a movie episode data object which comprises a plurality of audio/video segments, audio tracks which are separate from the audio/video segments and have no video content, and playback instructions which are configured to control a processor of a playback device to perform the steps of:

• retrieving and playing from the movie episode data object audio/video segments,
• generating interface elements for receiving from a user decision commands while playing the audio/video segments,
• retrieving and playing from the movie episode data object further audio/video segments depending on the user decision commands,
• retrieving from the movie episode data object one of the separate audio tracks, and
• playing the separate audio track uninterruptedly, during a change of audio/video segments at a point in time selected interactively and dynamically by the user, while playing an end of a first audio/video segment, up to the point in time selected by the user, and a start of a second audio/video segment which is selected by the user and played subsequently to the first audio/video segment.