Patent ID: 8189998
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for providing recording data to be recorded onto a recording medium, the apparatus comprising a processor and an associated storage medium storing instructions executed by the processor, the instructions comprising: providing recording data having content data comprising video data and navigation data to enable a player of the recording medium to navigate through the content data, the recording data comprising button data defining one or more user-selectable selection buttons to be presented to a viewer to enable the viewer to select content data to be played by the player; and providing the recording data with further button data defining at least one phantom button that is not intended for access by a viewer but is identified as a selection button by a copying apparatus; wherein the instructions associate the at least one phantom button with a subversive region of the recording medium which inhibits copying of the recording medium or adversely affects the quality or playability of a copy.