Storage medium storing search information and reproducing apparatus and method

摘要

A storage medium storing search information (640) and a reproducing apparatus for and method of reproducing AV data corresponding to a searching result matching a user's search condition and providing additional functions by using the searching result are provided. The storage medium includes: image data (140); and meta information (112) used to provide an additional function using the image data (140) in a predetermined searched section at a time of searching the predetermined section of the image data (140) and reproducing the image data (140) in the searched section. The meta information (112) includes: search information (640) corresponding to at least one search condition of a scene, character, sound, location, and item; information used to position the searched section and reproduce the image data (140) in the searched section; information used to reproduce additional information (620) associated with the image data (140) in the searched section at a time of reproducing the image data (140) in the searched section; and information used to generate a predetermined event at the time of reproducing image data (140) in the searched section. Accordingly, it is possible to provide various enhanced searching functions using various search keywords. In addition, it is possible to provide various additional functions using search information (640).