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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1999
Kosuke Nakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiro Taniyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of reading multimedia information which is capable of realizing optimal data access in consideration of the type and content of data to be accessed and the relationship to other data during access. The method involves reading first and second information from a storage medium, multiplexed with each other, where response time guarantee is of relatively higher importance for the first information and reliability is of relatively higher importance for the second information. Management of the read time is performed on both the first and second information. A plurality of processing methods are pre-defined as error countermeasure methods for the case where an error occurs in information read out when reading the first or second information in units of predetermined amounts. When reading information, one of the plurality of error countermeasure processing methods is selected and set for use.