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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Hisao Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Hirose, Tokyo, JP;
Takayoshi Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Saitou, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiho Gotoh, Osaka, JP;
Tatsushi Bannai, Osaka, JP;
Hisao Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Hirose, Tokyo, JP;
Takayoshi Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Saitou, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiho Gotoh, Osaka, JP;
Tatsushi Bannai, Osaka, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To improve the convenience of a record medium and allow a reproduction process to be more easily performed than before. When a reproduction processthat reproduces material data recorded on a discis executed, a disc information file management sectionreferences a reproduction history of a disc information file held in a disc information file hold sectionand starts reproducing material data from a position according to the reproduction history. When the reproduction process is completed, the disc information file management sectionupdates the reproduction history of the disc information file held in the disc information file hold section. A disc information file record control sectionrecords the updated disc information file on the disc