Patent ID: 6631387
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: G11B,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
A recording apparatus for use with a rewritable recording medium to record data thereon, the apparatus comprising:means for recording user data onto at least one data area of the rewritable recording medium; and means for recording a navigation data table onto a navigation data area of the rewritable recording medium, the navigation data table referencing a plurality of navigation information recorded in the navigation data area, at least one of the plurality of navigation information being associated with the user data recorded in the data area and at least one of the plurality of navigation information being associated with presentation control information wherein the navigation data table includes start address information associated with at least one of the plurality of navigation information; means for checking whether a start address of at least one of the plurality of navigation information has been changed; and means for altering the start address information in the navigation data table in response to the change in the start address of at least one of the plurality of navigation information.