Patent ID: 6532334
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An information recording medium for recording and reproducing information, comprising:a data area for storing a video object unit which comprises a video pack storing video data or an audio pack storing audio data, the video data or the audio data to be reproduced in a predetermined time period, the data area allowing the video object unit to be reproduced from the data area, the video pack or the audio pack including a packet header including presentation time stamps; a management area including a plurality of information blocks for managing the data recorded in the data area, the management area including a recording area for storing information of a cell which refers to a presentation period of the data and program chain information which manages a sequence of cells including the cell; and a beginning information block located in the management area and including a reproduction interruption information recording area for storing information for use in determining a position which is subsequent to a data area at which a reproducing operation is interrupted, and from which the reproducing operation is to be resumed, the reproduction interruption information recording area including areas for respectively storing a specified program chain number, information related to a specified cell, and time information for indicating a specified point of the position in the data area, the reproduction interruption information recording area being located close to an information area for storing information for a search pointer for a program chain.