Patent ID: 8750680

Claim:
A reproducing apparatus, comprising: a data acquiring section for acquiring (i) video data, (ii) a play list indicating an order in which the video data is reproduced, (iii) a program to be executed in synchronization with reproduction of the video data, and (iv) program management information for controlling execution of the program; a decoding section for decoding the video data; and a program executing section for executing the program, the program management information including (i) program specifying information specifying the program and (ii) play list specifying information specifying the play list, and the reproducing apparatus (i) instructing the program executing section to execute the program specified by the program specifying information included in the program management information which is acquired by the data acquiring section, and (ii) instructing the decoding section to start decoding the video data in the order indicated by the play list specified by the play list specifying information included in the program management information; wherein each of the sections is implemented, at least in part, with hardware.