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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2005
Jacques Heemskerk, Veldhoven, NL;
Jacques Heemskerk, Veldhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A combination optical disc () is disclosed, which contains at least two information layers () of at least two different storage formats selected from for example CD, DVD, BD. Information is stored on the disc () concerning the storage format of the layers (). According to an embodiment of the invention, each of the formats contains information indicating that a second, or even third, format is present on the same disc. Now a device may select a Format different from the one detected during start up. Alternatively, all formats present on a single disc are identified by an identifier on the disc. Such art identifier may be located in the BCA area, a chip () on disc or in a bar code on the disc itself.