Patent ID: 8149659

Claim:
A method for recording data on an optical recording medium the method comprising: reading at least one disk information structure from the optical recording medium, each disk information structure comprising a pair of tables, a first table comprising recording characteristics information comprising a recording speed and a write strategy (WS) indication information, the write strategy indication information being information on a type of write strategy, and a second table comprising recording related parameters being used in setting the apparatus to a condition corresponding to the recording speed and the write strategy (WS) indication information, the recording related parameters comprising power level information and duration information of predetermined pulse; determining recording characteristics comprising a recording speed and a write strategy, to be applied to the optical recording medium; selecting one disk information structure corresponding to the determined recording characteristics from the at least one disk information structure using recording characteristic information in the first table; reading recording related parameters corresponding to the information on recording characteristics, from the selected disk information structure recorded on the recording medium; and setting the recording/reproducing apparatus using the read recording related parameters; and recording data on the optical recording medium.