Patent ID: 8027567

Claim:
An information recording apparatus comprising: a reproduction data information recording device that records reproduction data information comprising image information and audio information into a recording medium; a reproduction list recording device that records a plurality of reproduction lists each controlling a reproduction sequence of one part of the reproduction data information; and a content information recording device that records a plurality of representative picture images each representing picture image for the one part of the reproduction data information which is defined by each reproduction list, wherein each of the reproduction lists includes presentation control information that indicates whether or not a presentation of only one of the representative picture images, which is related to one of the reproduction lists, is limited, wherein the representative picture image is presented in advance of starting a reproduction processing of the reproduction data information based on the presentation control information in the reproduction list as a menu information for selecting the reproduction processing of the reproduction data information based on the reproduction list, wherein the representative picture images are recorded in a region different from where the reproduction data information is recorded, and wherein the each of the reproduction lists comprises information which designates the each of the representative picture images.