Patent ID: 7127155

Claim:
An information recording medium for use with at least one of a data recording device and a reproducing device, the information recording medium comprising: a first area configured to store a still picture video file including a still picture VOB group; and a second area configured to store a video recording manager information file including navigation data, wherein said navigation data includes a still picture AV file information table, original PGC information, and a user defined PGC information table, said still picture AV file information table includes still picture AV file information, said still picture AV file information includes still picture VOB group information for said still picture VOB group, said still picture VOB group information includes one or more still picture VOB entries, said user defined PGC information table includes one or more pieces of user defined PGC information, said original PGC information or one piece of the user defined PGC information includes still picture cell information, said still picture cell information includes still picture cell general information, said still picture cell general information includes numeral information of a start still picture VOB entry of said still picture VOB entries and numeral information of an end still picture VOB entry of said still picture VOB entries, wherein said navigation data includes a playlist search pointer table, said playlist search pointer table includes one or more playlist search pointers, at least one of said playlist search pointers includes, program chain number information of a playlist corresponding to the one of said playlist search pointers, said program chain number information including a program chain number corresponding to one user defined program chain managed by the user defined PGC information, and time information describing when the playlist was created, and the reproducing device accesses the second area to reproduce the still picture video file.