Patent ID: 8832786

Claim:
An apparatus to execute an application over a plurality of information storage media to provide one or more interactive operations with a user, the apparatus comprising: a reproducer configured to: execute the application from a first information storage medium, each storage medium of the plurality of information storage media comprising an application management table (AMT), wherein the AMT corresponds to a title stored in the each storage medium; and the AMT comprises an application identifier indicating executable application during the reproduction of the title, and lifecycle information as to whether the executable application is terminated when the storage medium is ejected; confirm a lifecycle of the application from an AMT associated with the reproduced title in the first information storage medium when the first information storage medium is ejected; continuously execute the application when the lifecycle indicates that the application is a disc unbound application; read an AMT stored in a second information storage medium when the second information storage medium is inserted into the apparatus during continuous execution of the application; determine whether to continue executing the application based on the AMT associated with a reproduced title in the second information storage medium, stored in the second information storage medium; and continue or not continue executing the application according to a result of the determining of whether to continue executing the application.