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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2000
Gijsbert J. Van Der Enden, Eindhoven, NL;
Antonius P. G. E. Janssen, Eindhoven, NL;
Arnoldus J. Niessen, Eindhoven, NL;
Cornelis Teunissen, Eindhoven, NL;
Franz H. U. Frank, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A record carrier includes write status information indicating whether at least one area of the record carrier has been written, initial area status information indicating the extent of an uninterrupted initial area contiguously written from the start of a track pattern area intended for writing information blocks, and/or conformance status information indicating whether the record carrier is written to fully comply with the requirements of a standard that specifies requirements of reading devices or only partially complies with the standard for reading devices.