Patent ID: 7680011
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording method of a write-once recording medium, comprising: allocating a first plurality of separate recording areas of a user data area on the recording medium; recording different types of data in the first plurality of separate recording areas respectively using a recording device, the data recorded in at least one recording area from among the first plurality of separate recording areas being a same data type; allocating a second plurality of separate recording areas of the user data area, after closing the first plurality of separate recording areas; and recording the different types of data in the second plurality of separate recording areas respectively using the recording device, the types of data recorded in the second plurality of separate recording areas being same as the types of data recorded in the first plurality of separate recording areas respectively, wherein the user data area is a volume space lying between two spare areas of the recording medium, the two spare areas being for defect management.