Patent ID: 8042096

Claim:
A method for automatically selecting a title stored on a read-only storage medium that comprises one or more titles and an index table listing said titles and being usable for title selection, and that comprise one or more further titles not listed in said index table, wherein titles may be software applications including reproducible audiovisual (AV) data or programs for execution on a virtual machine, and wherein all titles have associated title identifiers, including the steps of: executing or reproducing a first title, wherein the first title provides an exit status value upon termination; translating the exit status value to an identifier representing an entry in said index table or representing a title identifier of a title being stored on the storage medium, wherein for the translating a mapping table is used, and wherein said storage medium comprises at least one title having a first exit status value that represents an entry in said index table, and at least one further title having a different second exit status value that represents a title identifier; determining whether the identifier represents an index table entry or a title identifier; if the identifier represents an index table entry, translating it to a title identifier using the index table; and executing or reproducing the title that is represented by the identifier or by the title identifier corresponding to the index table entry wherein a first range of values of said identifier represents an entry in the index table, and a second range of values different from said first range of values of said identifier represents a title identifier of one of the titles stored on said storage medium.