Patent ID: 8032007

Claim:
A readout apparatus comprising: a selection unit operable to select one title from among a plurality of titles recorded on a 1st disc; and an application management unit operable to execute one or more applications stored on the 1st disc based on a management table corresponding to the selected title, the management table being stored on the 1st disc the management table including one or more application identification references corresponding to each of the one or more applications, wherein when the 1st disc is exchanged for a 2nd disc, the application management unit (i) maintains execution of an application shown in a management table corresponding to a title selected last on the 1st disc if the application is shown in a management table corresponding to a title to be selected first on the 2nd disc, and (ii) terminates execution of an application shown in the management table corresponding to the title selected last on the 1st disc if the application is not shown in the management table corresponding to the title to be selected first on the 2nd disc.