Patent ID: 6603920
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An information storage medium comprising a management area and a data area,said data area being provided for recording data in such a manner that the data is managed by one or more sequences and at least one sequence is composed of one or more programs corresponding to one or more cells, said management area including: a sequence management table for managing one or more program sequences by determining an order of playback of said cells, and including a program management table for managing said programs, wherein said program management table is configured to store first primary text information expressed in characters, a play list search pointer table arranged to describe information for searching and accessing play lists, wherein said play list search pointer table is configured to store second primary text information expressed in characters, and a specific area, which is different from a recording area of said program management table in said management area, is configured to store first item text information and second item text information, said program management table being configured to further record search information which includes a search pointer number of the first item text information, said play list search pointer table being configured to further record search information which includes a search pointer number of the second item text information, said specific area being configured to further store first and second item text search pointers indicating locations of the first item text information and the second item text information, respectively, the search pointer number of the program management table corresponding to the first item text search pointer relating to the first item text information, and the search pointer number of the play list search pointer table corresponding to the second item text search pointer relating to the second item text information, said first item text information and said second item text information being respectively used as sub-information of the first primary text information and the second primary text information, and said first item text search pointer and said second item text search pointer respectively including start address information of said first item text information and said second item text information.