Patent ID: 7227824

Claim:
An information reproducing apparatus that corrects a reproducing program using correction data recorded on an information recording medium to reproduce record information recorded on the information recording medium, the apparatus comprising: a correction control device for reading the correction data to be used to correct the reproducing program, from the information recording medium on which the correction data is recorded in a lead out area, to correct the reproducing program based on the read correction data; and a reproduction control device for reproducing the record information recorded on the information recording medium according to a latest version of the reproducing program which is corrected by the correction control device, wherein the information reproducing apparatus further comprises a nonvolatile storage device for storing the correction data, wherein the correction control device records the correction data in a predetermined location of the storage device, and the reproduction control device executes a corrected version of the reproducing program after confirmation that the correction data is recorded normally.