Patent ID: 6553180
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An information medium comprising:a data area configured to store video data; and a management area configured to store control information, the control information including: program chain information associated with at least one of a plurality of program chains each describing an order of reproduction of individual cells being able to form a program, said cells corresponding to said video data, at least one of the program chains being identified by a representative picture, and a table including at least one representative picture relating information, the representative picture relating information including, information corresponding to said program chain that said representative picture identifies, and information corresponding to a location of said representative picture in said data area, the location information including time information or address information, wherein, said representative picture is a picture included in said portion of said video data, and one of the cells of one of the program chains and another one of the cells of another one of the program chains are configured to refer to a same portion of the video data.