Patent ID: 7170829
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing contents information recorded by a group unit on a recording medium, comprising: an input device through which a user input command to resume the reproduction of the contents information can be inputted; a reproducing device for reproducing the contents information; and a control device for (i) identifying a user input waiting mode in which the user input command through said input device is waited for, (ii) determining a position from which the reproduction of the contents information is to be resumed if the user input waiting mode continues for a predetermined time period and (iii) controlling said reproducing device to resume the reproduction of the contents information automatically from the determined position, wherein the predetermined time period is set independently from the contents information or other data on the recording medium, and wherein said control device identifies an occurrence of the user input waiting mode, on the basis of a fact that said reproducing device completes a reproduction of the contents information in a last group recorded on the recording medium.