Patent ID: 8418133

Claim:
Method for determining the lifetime of a software application associated with AV data, the AV data comprising a plurality of titles, the method comprising the steps of detecting selection of a first title read from a first storage medium; detecting on the first storage medium a first and a second application associated with the first title, and a first indication relating to the first application and a second indication relating to the second application; playing back the first title and executing the first and second applications; upon termination of the first title, terminating the first application if the first indication has a first value, and otherwise continuing the first application, and terminating the second application if the second indication has the first value, and otherwise continuing the second application; upon ejection of the first storage medium, terminating the first application if the first indication has a certain value different from the first value, and otherwise continuing the first application, and terminating the second application if the second indication has a certain value different from the first value, and otherwise continuing the second application; detecting insertion of a second storage medium; retrieving data from the second storage medium; and continuing the first application if the retrieved data from the second storage medium has a certain value, and otherwise terminating the first application, and continuing the second application if the retrieved data from the second storage medium has a certain value, and otherwise terminating the second application.