Patent ID: 8406602
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of reproducing menu information from a recording medium loaded into and reproduced by a reproducing device, the method comprising: reading, from the recording medium, management information for managing reproduction of menu information, the management information including one or more playlist files and at least one of a first stream information file and a second stream information file, the first stream information file having a one-to-one correspondence with a first stream file and the second stream information file having a one-to-one correspondence with a second stream file, the first and second stream information files respectively including attribute information of data in the first and second stream files, the one or more playlist files designating a stream file to be reproduced by a corresponding stream information file; reading, from the recording medium, at least one of the first stream file and the second stream file based on the management information, the first stream file including first interactive menu information multiplexed with main data, the first interactive menu information being displayed overlapping on the main data, the second stream file containing second interactive menu information, the second interactive menu information being configured to be displayed overlapping on the main data, the second interactive menu information being stored separate from a file containing the main data; preloading the second stream file; and reproducing at least one of the first stream file and the preloaded second stream file based on the management information, the preloaded second stream file being reproduced based on navigation information included in at least one subplayitem, the subplayitem providing information on start and end times for reproducing the second stream file and included in the playlist file, wherein the first interactive menu information is displayed without user request, the first interactive menu information being on display during an entire duration of a playback-unit to which the first interactive menu information is applied, and the second interactive menu information is displayed upon user request.