Patent ID: 8386742
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording method of recording data on an information storage medium comprising a user data area in which user data is recorded, a temporary disc management area (TDMA) and a disc management area (DMA) other than the user data area and having a plurality of data frames, the user data area being divided into a plurality of sequential recording ranges (SRRs), the method comprising: recording a Temporary Disc Management Structure (TDMS) comprising padding data, Sequential Range Recording Information (SRRI) and a Temporary Disc Definition Structure (TDDS) which are arranged in an order of the padding data to fill an unrecorded area, the SRRI with a variable size, and the TDDS with a fixed size, wherein the padding data precedes the SRRI, and the SRRI precedes the TDDS in the TDMA; and recording, in the DMA, Disc Management Structure (DMS) having a plurality of data frames, the DMS comprising a copy of the TDDS which is recorded in a first data frame of the plurality of data frames, a copy of the SRRI which is recorded in from a second data frame of the plurality of data frames, and the padding data to fill an unrecorded area which is recorded in remaining data frames of the plurality of data frames, wherein the TDDS comprises location information of the SRRI, and the SRRI comprises information on the plurality of sequential recording ranges (SRRs), wherein the SRRI comprises header information having identification information for identifying the SRRI and information on the number of a plurality of SRR entries included in the SRRI.