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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsu Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Akio Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ; G11B 5/09 ; G11B 7/085 ; H04N 5/91 ; H02H 3/05 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ; G11B 5/09 ; G11B 7/085 ; H04N 5/91 ; H02H 3/05 ;
Abstract
A recording and reproduction apparatus and method for recording and reproducing different types of data including AV data and PC data on a disc type medium. The type of the recorded data determines the length of recording units used to record the data on the disc. Management information including identification indicating one of the respective types of data is stored at least at two location of a logical volume.