Patent ID: 7286745

Claim:
A reproducing apparatus, capable of holding at least one record medium on which contents data and related information thereof are recorded, for handling the contents data and the related information, the record medium removably attachable to the reproducing apparatus, the reproducing apparatus comprising: reading means for reading the related information from the record medium; sorting means for sorting the related information based on a current sorting mode for sorting the related information according to category or state of the contents data, wherein said current sorting mode is configured to be one of a disc number sorting mode, a text sorting mode, and a genre sorting mode; storing means for storing filing information composed of a slot number and folder information and the related information and the current sorting mode, wherein the related information is divided into a plurality of portions so as to manage said related information with a plurality of folders; editing means for inputting text information, a genre, and a folder name; and graphical user interface means for controlling displaying means in order to display the sorted related information, said graphical user interface means providing a capability to associate the current sorting mode to the record medium and to maintain the current sorting mode.