Patent ID: 7571361

Claim:
A write-once type optical disc recording method for performing a logical overwriting process operation with respect to a write-once type optical disc having a read-in, a user area, and a read-out by employing defect management information which is recorded in said read-in, the recording method comprising the steps of: dividing said user area into 3, or more pieces of R-zones; at least 2 recordable R-zones having recordable areas are present; and determining a linear replacement destination of a logical overwriting process operation with respect to an arbitrary region of said unrecordable R-zone to such an R-zone other than an R-zone having a recordable area, which is located adjacent to said unrecordable R-zone when an unrecordable R-zone having no recordable area is present on the read-in side rather than two, or more pieces of the R-zones among the R-zones having the recordable areas.