Patent ID: 8145037
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: C12Q,C40B,G01N,G11B,G16B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A playback apparatus comprising: a reception unit operable to receive a menu call from a user; a read unit operable to read, from a recording medium, a digital stream that includes a video stream and an audio stream, playback path information that indicates a playback path of the digital stream, current object data that includes a playback command and a resume flag, the playback command being for the playback path information, menu call object data which includes a resume command and which is called when the menu call is executed, and table information including a first title and a second title, the first title referring the current object data, the second title referring the menu call object data; and a module operable to execute the read current object data or the read menu call object data, wherein the playback apparatus (i) when executing the playback command included in the current object data, plays back the digital stream in accordance with the playback path indicated by the playback path information which the playback command plays back, (ii) when judging to execute the menu call object data instead of the current object data while executing the playback command included in the current object data, controls whether to suspend the current object data and to retain status information in accordance with the resume flag included in the current object data, the status information being for resuming the execution of the suspended current object data, and (iii) when the execution of the suspended current object data is to be resumed, resumes the execution of the playback command included in the suspended current object data, using the retained status information and the table information, by executing the resume command.