Patent ID: 7076158

Claim:
An information recording medium for use with a recording/reproducing device, comprising: a first area configured to allow an object file to be recorded therein or reproduced therefrom, the object file including at least one of a video object, a still picture object, and an audio object, the video object allowed to be distributed at plural locations; a second area configured to allow management information to be recorded therein or reproduced therefrom, the management information being referred to when the object file recorded in the first area is reproduced; a third area provided in the second area configured to allow manufacturer's information to be recorded therein; a fourth area provided in the third area configured to allow manufacturer ID information to be recorded therein; a fifth area provided in the third area configured to allow specific information of the manufacturer to be recorded therein; a sixth area provided in the third area configured to allow recording time required for recording the specific information of the manufacturer to be recorded therein; and a seventh area provided in the second area configured to allow first address information in the video object to be recorded therein, the first address information expressed by a relative number from the first position of the object file, wherein the recording/reproducing device accesses the object file of the first area by referring to the management information of the second area.