Patent ID: 7333406

Claim:
A reproducing apparatus for reproducing information stored in an information storage medium, the reproducing apparatus comprising: reproducing means for reproducing the information stored in the information storage medium; recognition means for recognizing identification information for identifying the information storage medium; memory means for storing information including the identification information; reproduction halt control means for causing the memory means to store, when halting a reproduction of an information storage medium, (i) identification information of the information storage medium, which identification information has been recognized by the recognition means, and (ii) halt position information such that the identification information and the halt position information are correlated with each other, the halt position information identifying a halt position on the information storage medium, from which halt position the reproducing means starts a reproduction of the information storage medium so that a next reproduction of the information storage medium starts from the halt position; and reproduction start control means for controlling a reproduction start position in accordance with the halt position information stored in the memory means, when starting a reproduction of the information storage medium; wherein: when halting a reproduction of an information storage medium whose identification information is not recognizable by the recognition means, the reproduction halt control means sets identification information for the information storage medium, and causes the memory means to store (i) the identification information thus set and (ii) halt position information such that the identification information and the halt position information are correlated with each other; and when starting a reproduction of the information storage medium whose identification information is not recognizable by the recognition means, the reproduction start control means controls a reproduction start position in accordance with the halt position information that is correlated with the identification information, stored in the memory means, that has been set when halting the reproduction.