Patent ID: 8588586

Claim:
A method for recording a program and management information for managing the program by a recording apparatus comprising a storage part and a controller, the method comprising steps of: recording, by the storage part, the program on a recording medium; and recording, by the storage part, the management information on the recording medium, wherein the management information includes: original program information (OPGR) which indicates whole playback range of the program; user defined program information (UPGR) which indicates whole or a part of a playback range of the program; playlist information (PGRG) which indicates a playback order of the OPGR or the UPGR; user defined integrated information (UDFF) which indicates both the OPGR and the PGRG; system resume information which indicates resume information in units of the UDFF; OPGR resume information which indicates resume information in units of the program; and PGRG resume information which indicates resume information in units of the playlist information, wherein: the system resume information indicates a number of the UDFF, a number of the PGRG, and a number of the OPGR or the UPGR, a number of an ALU, and a number of a record packet (RP) which indicates the position where a user stopped the playback of the UDFF, the ALU is a unit for recording a video and audio stream, each RP has a header including a time stamp and a transport packet, the OPGR resume information indicates a number of the program, a number of an ALU, and a number of an RP which indicates the position where the user stopped the playback of the program, and the PGRG resume information indicates a number of the program, a number of an ALU, and a number of an RP which indicates the position where the user stopped the playback of the playlist, the UDFF is managed as a first management level; the PGRG is managed as a second management level; the OPGR and the UPGR are managed as a third management level; the PGRG is able to be referred from a plurality of the UDFFs; a first UDFF for a first user and a second UDFF for a second user are recorded on the recording medium, and the OPGR resume information, the PGRG resume information, and the system resume information are recorded on the recording medium independently.