Patent ID: 7650362
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of recording/reproducing data on/from all optical recording medium, method comprising identifying version information, the version information indicating a version of the optical recording medium version information including first version information and second version information, the first version information being represented by “X1.YI” and the second version information being represented by “X2.Y2”, the second version information for indicating a higher version, which is not indicated by the first version information, “X2” of the second version information being equal to or higher than “XI” of the first version information, and “X2.Y2” of the second version information being higher than “X1.YI” of the first version; and determining a compatibility between the optical recording medium and a drive for recording/reproducing the data, based on the first version information and recording/reproducing the data on/from the optical recording medium, wherein the first version information represents a compatible version of the optical recording medium, and the second version information represents an actual version of the optical recording medium; and recording, by a recording/reproducing apparatus, the version information on a specific area of the optical recording medium.