Patent ID: 8139926

Claim:
A reproduction apparatus that reproduces content data recorded on a recording medium, comprising: player means; read means for reading data from the recording medium on which the content data containing at least one of a video data stream and an audio data stream and a reproduction control program controlling the reproduction of the content data are recorded; input means for accepting an input from a user; output means for outputting the content data that are reproduced; content reproduction means for reproducing the content data according to the reproduction control program; and interface means for interfacing among the content reproduction means, the reproduction control program, and the player means, the reproduction control program including a command, executed at a predetermined execution point of a process flow of the reproduction control program, that distinguishes an end of a playlist, from a plurality of ends corresponding to a plurality of playlists included within the content data, from an end point of the content data as an end of the content data that are reproduced, the reproduction control program supplying the command to the interface means upon reproduction of the end of the playlist distinguished as the end of the content data, the interface means executing an automatic display of a menu in accordance with the command, the input means accepting user input indicating a selection of another playlist from the plurality of playlists, the selected another playlist included in the displayed menu, and content associated with the selected another playlist being reproduced.