Patent ID: 8289448

Claim:
A non-transitory information storage medium usable by a reproducing apparatus, the non-transitory information storage medium comprising: audio-visual (AV) data; first text subtitle data; first style information corresponding to the first text subtitle data and designating an output form of the first text subtitle data; second text subtitle data; and second style information corresponding to the second text subtitle data and designating an output form of the second text subtitle data; wherein the first style information comprises: location information specifying a first region in which the first text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducing apparatus, the first region being in a graphic plane; and information specifying where the first text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducing apparatus within the first region of the graphic plane; wherein the information specifying wherein the first text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducing apparatus within the first region of the graphic plane comprises coordinates to be referred to by the reproducing apparatus to output the first text subtitle data within the first region of the graphic plane; the second style information comprises: location information specifying a second region in which the second text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducing apparatus, the second region being in the graphic plane; and information specifying where the second text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducing apparatus within the second region of the graphic plane; wherein the information specifying where the second text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducing apparatus within the second region of the graphic plane comprises coordinates to be referred to by the reproducing apparatus to output the second text subtitle data within the second region of the graphic plane; and the reproducing apparatus outputs the first text subtitle data and the second text subtitle data to the graphic plane at different locations simultaneously using the first style information and the second style information when the non-transitory information storage medium is used by the reproducing apparatus.