Patent ID: 8509603

Claim:
An information processing method for reading out and reproducing data which is divisionally recorded on a plurality of recording areas on a recording medium, the method comprising: a control step of controlling a reading-out order of a plurality of partial data of the data, which are recorded on the plurality of recording areas, on the basis of a minimum recording unit specified in the recording medium, wherein the control step comprises: a first step of reading out first data from a first recording area; a determination step of determining whether a discontinuous portion of the first data is encountered within a predetermined multiple of the minimum recording unit from a start position of the first recording area; a second step of seeking from the first recording area to a second recording area where second data is recorded after the first step reads out the first data up to the discontinuous portion, if it is determined that the discontinuous portion of the first data is encountered within the predetermined multiple of the minimum recording unit from the start position of the first recording area; a third step of reading out the second data from the second recording area; and a fourth step of seeking, after the second data is read out, from the second recording area to a recording area that follows the discontinuous portion where a continuation of the first data is recorded.