Help making a "button" that appears mid-track

So... I have a client who's making a French version of a program that has already been made once in English. The English version was not made by me so i'm starting from scratch with some brand new assets.
The English version has a feature I've not seen before so I'm unsure how to recreate it exactly. Basically, the main program of the disc comes in 2 flavors. the first is just your basic video program with chapter markers for each segment and an end jump to the main menu. the second is whats puzzling me. the program itself is the same video however at certain points during the program a "button" pops up which allows for a jump to another menu. i say "button" in quotes because i'm not sure its the right word.
what happens is a translucent gray box pops up in the lower left hand corner of the screen that has some text in it with instructions to press the enter button on your remote if you'd like to see a related video. when one presses enter on the remote the DVD then jumps to a sub menu which corresponds to the appropriate supplemental program. the button comes up during the end of one chapter and visually is gone within a few second but the functionality of that button is still available for the first 20 or so seconds of the following chapter and then is disabled until the next instance.
my question is: what is that gray box button thing? is it scripting or something? i've never seen this before. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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