Patent ID: 7826715

Claim:
A method for reproducing data from a recording medium using a player equipped with a network device, the method comprising: loading the recording medium on the player; determining whether a the recording medium is reproducible along with data downloaded over a network; reading player status registers contained in the player, the player status registers including, Java profile information of the player, the Java profile information indicating whether the player accommodates a Java profile recorded on the recording medium, and network configuration information of the player, the network configuration information including a first network information field indicating whether the player is a network equipped player and a second network information field indicating a network connection status of the player; transmitting the network configuration information and identification (ID) information of the recording medium to a content provider (CP); downloading data associated with the recording medium from the content provider (CP) over a network; and reproducing data transmitted over the network and data recorded in the recording medium, wherein the data downloaded over the network includes attribute information defined by network configuration information of the player.