Patent ID: 7072882

Claim:
A data reproduction apparatus comprising: a data accumulation means that accumulates a plurality of types of data and a script file which contains a description specifying an execution position of a script data; a data reproduction means that reproduces data accumulated in the data accumulation means; a user operation input means that outputs input codes which correspond to input by user operation; a script analysis and execution means witch performs script processing that recognizes commands described in the script data and execute processing that corresponds to the commands; a table that holds a branch destination corresponding to the input codes for the script analysis and execution means to execute; a script execution location specifying means which holds a next scheduled position in the script file for the script analysis and execution means to execute; wherein the script analysis and execution means 1) performs the script processing according to the commands described in the script data of the next scheduled execution position in the script file held the script execution location specifying means, 2) modifies the next scheduled execution position, 3) controls the data reproduction means to reproduce data accumulated in the data accumulation means when the command is recognized as indication data reproduction thereof, and 4) records the execution position of the script data as the branch destination corresponding to the input codes held in the table when the command is recognized as a specific command indicating that the script data processed contains the description specifying the execution position of the script data according to the input codes; and the script execution location specifying means which modifies the next scheduled execution position to the branch destination held in the table corresponding to the input codes when the input codes output from the user operation input means coincides with the input codes held in the table.