Patent ID: 8539537

Claim:
A method for connecting a media player to a remote server, the method comprising: checking whether connecting to the remote server is required when reproducing data recorded on a storage medium in response to a transmitted version information related to the data to the remote server; analyzing connection information recorded on the storage medium to determine whether a connection to the remote server is permitted, if the connecting to the remote server is required to receive an additional content from the remote server, the additional content to be reproduced in synchronization with the data recorded on the storage medium, the connection information comprising a list of servers to which the media player may or may not connect to retrieve the additional content; checking memory management information recorded on the storage medium to designate a memory space to be preoccupied for storing the additional content; and determining whether to request the connection to the remote server, based on a result of the analyzing, wherein the determining step includes performing the connection to the remote server, if the connection to the remote server is permitted, in accordance with the connection information, the determining step further includes identifying a current operating mode and determining whether to request the connection to the remote server, based on a result of the identifying, the current operating mode being distinguished by a playback state of either a general storage medium or an interactive storage medium, and the connection to the remote server is not performed if the current operating mode is the playback state of the interactive storage medium, and the connection to the remote server is performed if the current operating mode is the playback state of the general storage medium or a non-playback state, and wherein retrieving of the additional content through the connection to the remote server is terminated if a size of the additional content exceeds the preoccupied memory space according to the memory management information.