Patent ID: 7502288
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of recording data on a recording medium including a user data area on which one or more recording ranges are allocated and a management area, the method comprising: receiving a command to record the data on a closed recording range, the closed recording range having no recordable position; selecting an open recording range having a recordable position from one or more open recording ranges on the user data area; and recording the data starting from the recordable position of the selected open recording range, wherein each recording range allocated on the user data area is identified by a sequential identification number, and the selecting step further including checking management information recorded on the management area, the management information including a list of the one or more open recording ranges, the list having the identification number of each open recording range, and selecting the open recording range based on the list of the management information wherein an identification number of a recording range that becomes closed in response to the recording is removed from the list of the one or more open recording ranges.