Content recording device, content recording method, content recording program, recording medium, integrated circuit and content recording and reproduction system

A content recording device that records, on a recording medium, content and first playback auxiliary information used to generate a default menu screen for playing back the content, the content recording device comprising:

• a content acquisition unit configured to acquire the content and the first playback auxiliary information;
• a playback auxiliary information acquisition unit configured to make a request for second playback auxiliary information used to generate a substitute menu screen to a server device and receive the second playback auxiliary information from the server device as a response to the request, the substitute menu screen being displayable by a display mechanism different from a display mechanism for displaying the default menu screen;
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• a writing unit configured to write the content, the first playback auxiliary information and the second playback auxiliary information into the recording medium.

A content recording method for recording, on a recording medium, content and first playback auxiliary information used to generate a default menu screen for playing back the content, the content recording method comprising:

• a content acquisition step of acquiring the content and the first playback auxiliary information;
• a playback auxiliary information acquisition step of making a request for second playback auxiliary information used to generate a substitute menu screen to a server device and receiving the second playback auxiliary information from the server device as a response to the request, the substitute menu screen being displayable by a display mechanism different from a display mechanism for displaying the default menu screen;
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• a writing step of writing the content, the first playback auxiliary information and the second playback auxiliary information into the recording medium.

A content recording program for use by a content recording device that records, on a recording medium, content and first playback auxiliary information used to generate a default menu screen for playing back the content, the content recording program comprising:

• a content acquisition step of acquiring the content and the first playback auxiliary information;
• a playback auxiliary information acquisition step of making a request for second playback auxiliary information used to generate a substitute menu screen to a server device and receiving the second playback auxiliary information from the server device as a response to the request, the substitute menu screen being displayable by a display mechanism different from a display mechanism for displaying the default menu screen;
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• a writing step of writing the content, the first playback auxiliary information and the second playback auxiliary information into the recording medium.

A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a content recording program for use by a content recording device that records, on a recording medium, content and first playback auxiliary information used to generate a default menu screen for playing back the content, wherein

• the content recording program comprising:
• a content acquisition step of acquiring the content and the first playback auxiliary information;
• a playback auxiliary information acquisition step of making a request for second playback auxiliary information used to generate a substitute menu screen to a server device and receiving the second playback auxiliary information from the server device as a response to the request, the substitute menu screen being displayable by a display mechanism different from a display mechanism for displaying the default menu screen;
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• a writing step of writing the content, the first playback auxiliary information and the second playback auxiliary information into the recording medium.

An integrated circuit that records, on a recording medium, content and first playback auxiliary information used to generate a default menu screen for playing back the content, the integrated circuit comprising:

• a content acquisition unit configured to acquire the content and the first playback auxiliary information;
• a playback auxiliary information acquisition unit configured to make a request for second playback auxiliary information used to generate a substitute menu screen to a server device and receive the second playback auxiliary information from the server device as a response to the request, the substitute menu screen being displayable by a display mechanism different from a display mechanism for displaying the default menu screen;
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• a writing unit configured to write the content, the first playback auxiliary information and the second playback auxiliary information into the recording medium.

A content recording/playback system including a content recording device and a playback device, wherein

• the content recording device comprising:
• a content acquisition unit configured to acquire the content and the first playback auxiliary information used to generate a default menu screen for playing back the content;
• a playback auxiliary information acquisition unit configured to make a request for second playback auxiliary information used to generate a substitute menu screen to a server device and receive the second playback auxiliary information from the server device as a response to the request, the substitute menu screen being displayable by a display mechanism different from a display mechanism for displaying the default menu screen;
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• a writing unit configured to write the content, the first playback auxiliary information and the second playback auxiliary information into the recording medium, and
• the playback device
• includes the different display mechanism, and
• reads the second playback auxiliary information from the recording medium and displays the substitute menu screen generated by using the read second playback auxiliary information.