Patent ID: 8645725

Claim:
An optical disc reproducing apparatus, comprising: an Internet connectable LAN module; and a control unit for controlling the LAN module, wherein the control unit includes a first determiner for determining whether an optical disc loaded in the optical disc reproducing apparatus is an optical disc for which there is a possibility of Internet connection being required during reproduction and a second determiner for determining whether an optical disc is being reproduced and in addition whether there is a possibility of execution of special reproduction being selected by user operation, wherein the control unit, when the first determiner yields an affirmative determination result and in addition the second determiner yields a negative determination result, temporarily stops operation of the LAN module to reduce power consumption by the LAN module and, when the first determiner yields an affirmative determination result and in addition the second determiner yields an affirmative determination result, operates the LAN module and, when execution of special reproduction is selected by user operation, executes the special reproduction, and wherein the special reproduction is a function of accessing a specified website on the Internet utilizing the LAN module, downloading auxiliary data corresponding to contents of the optical disc being reproduced via the Internet, recording the auxiliary data in a storage device other than the optical disc, and reproducing the contents of the optical disc while utilizing the downloaded auxiliary data.