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US 6,208,801 B1Granted
Information reproducing apparatus and information recording medium for use in the information reproducing apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsToru Kambayashi, Hiroyuki Mizutani
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Abstract
An information reproducing apparatus according to the present invention includes an information reading unit for reading main information, sub-information and a control code from an information recording medium on which main information, sub-information and the control code for distinguishing main information and sub-information from each other have been recorded, and a reproducing unit for reproducing main information and sub-information read by the information reading unit so that fast forward movement of sub-information is inhibited in a case where sub-information is being reproduced by the reproducing unit.
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An information reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a reading section configured to read main information, sub-information and a control code for distinguishing the main information and the sub-information from each other from an information recording medium on which the main information, the sub-information and the control code are recorded;
- a reproducing section configured to reproduce the main information and sub-information read by said reading section;
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- a first inhibition section configured to inhibit a request for interruption of sub-information reproduction by said reproducing section.
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A first storage medium having program code instructions stored thereon when executed by a processor, said instructions comprising:
- means for causing said processor to read main information, sub-information and a control code for distinguishing the main information and the sub-information from each other from a second storage medium on which the main information, the sub-information and the control code are recorded;
- means for causing said processor to reproduce read main information and sub-information;
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- means for causing said processor to inhibit a request for interruption of sub-information reproduction in a case where the sub-information is being reproduced.
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An information reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a reading section configured to read main information, sub-information, network reference information and a control code from an information recording medium on which the main information, the sub-information, the network reference information indicating a network server, to which an access is made, and which indicates whether or not the main information and the network information are combined with each other and whether or not the sub-information and the network information are combined with each other, and the control code for distinguishing the main information, the sub-information and the network reference information, are recorded;
- an acquiring section configured to acquire network information from said network server in accordance with the network reference information read by said reading section;
- a first combining section configured to combine the network information acquired by said acquiring section and the sub-information read by said reading section with each other in a case where the network reference information read by said reading section indicates that the sub-information and the network information are combined with each other;
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- a first reproducing section configured to reproduce information combined by said first combining section.
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A first storage medium having program code instructions stored thereon when executed by a processor, said instructions comprising:
- means for causing said processor to read main information, sub-information, network reference information and a control code from a second storage medium on which the main information, the sub-information, the network reference information indicating main information and a network server to which an access is made and indicating whether or not the main information and the network information are combined with each other and whether or not the sub-information and the network information are combined with each other and the control code for identifying the main information, the sub-information and the network reference information from one another are recorded;
- means for causing said processor to acquire the network information from said network server in accordance with the read network reference information;
- means for causing said processor to combine acquired network information and read sub-information with each other in a case where read network reference information indicates that the sub-information and the network information are combined with each other;
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- means for causing said processor to reproduce
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An information reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a reading section configured to read main information, sub-information, receiving program information, and a control code from an information recording medium on which the main information, the sub-information, the receiving program information which indicates a program to be received and with which the program which is received is specified and a control code for distinguishing the main information, the sub-information and the receiving program information from one another are recorded;
- a receiving section configured to receive broadcast program information;
- a selection section configured to select the broadcast program information received by said receiving section in accordance with the receiving program information read by said reading section;
- a first determining section configured to determine whether or not the sub-information read by said reading section includes a broadcast information reference code;
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- a first reproducing section configured to reproduce the broadcast program information selected by said selection section in a case where said first determining section determines that the sub-information includes said broadcast information reference code.
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A first storage medium having program code instructions stored thereon when executed by a processor, said instructions comprising:
- means for causing said processor to read main information, sub-information, receiving program information and a control code from an information recording medium on which the main information, the sub-information, the receiving program information which indicates a program to be received and with which the program which is received is specified and said control code for distinguishing the main information, the sub-information and the receiving program information from one another have been recorded;
- means for causing said processor to select broadcast program information in accordance with read receiving program information;
- means for causing said processor to determine whether read sub-information includes a broadcast information reference code;
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- means for causing said processor to reproduce selecting broadcast program information in a case where a determination is performed that the sub-information includes said broadcast information reference code.
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An information reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a reproducing section configured to reproduce main information and sub-information which are recorded on information recording medium;
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- an inhibiting section configured to inhibit an interruption of sub-information reproduction by said reproducing section.
An information reproducing method comprising:
- reproducing main information and sub-information which are recorded on information recording medium;
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- preventing an interruption a request for of sub-information reproduction during the reproduction of the sub-information.
An information reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a section configured to reproduce main information and sub-information which are recorded on an information recording medium;
- a section configured to demand an interruption of sub-information reproduction by said reproducing section;
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- a section configured to ignore the interruption during sub-information reproduction by said reproducing section.
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An information reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a firt section configured to read main information, sub-information and network reference information indicating a network server for providing latest sub-information from a first source comprising an information recording medium;
- a second section configured to acquire the latest sub-information from a second source external to said first source comprising the network server based on the read network reference information;
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- a third section configured to reproduce the acquired latest sub-information from said second section with at least one of the read main information and sub-information from said information recording medium.
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An information reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a first section configured to read main information and receiving program information indicating a broadcast program, with regard to sub-information, to be selected from a first source comprising an information recording medium;
- a second section configured to receive broadcast programs from a second source external to said first source comprising a broadcasting station;
- a third section configured to select a broadcast program from the received broadcast programs based on the read receiving program information;
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- a fourth section configured to reproduce the read main information from said information recording medium with the selected broadcast program from said second section.
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An information reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a first section configured to read information to be reproduced and network reference information indicating a network server for providing latest advertisement information from a first source comprising an information recording medium;
- a second section configured to acquire the latest advertisement information from a second source external to said first source comprising the network server based on the read network reference information;
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- a third section configured to reproduce the acquired latest advertisement information from said second section with the read information to be reproduced from said information recording medium.
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An information reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a first section configured to read information to be reproduced and receiving program information indicating a broadcast program, with regard to advertisement information, to be selected from a first source comprising an information recording medium;
- a second section configured to receive broadcast programs from a second source external to said first source comprising a broadcasting station;
- a third section configured to select a broadcast program from the received broadcast programs based on the read receiving program information;
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- a fourth section configured to reproduce the read information to be reproduced from said information recording medium with the selected broadcast program from said second section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.