RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON, AND INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry out the grouping of one or more musical compositions containing original musical compositions without complicating the constitutions and operations at the side of the reproduction, and to transmit the resultant product to make the reproduction possible. SOLUTION: A data structure which has the following components is transmitted through a recording medium or a communication medium: a first title group constituted of audio titles including original musical compositions; a second title group which is constituted of audio titles including bonus information and tolerates AV(audio and video) titles; interactive data for accessing the bonus information; a search pointer with which playback equipment can search audio titles in an audio title unit; and a menu (AMGI) of each title group. On the playback equipment side, reproduction of the musical compositions of the group in which the inputted interactive data and the transmitted interactive data are in agreement is permitted, and the musical composition is reproduced on the basis of the transmitted reproduction control information.