Patent ID: 8125675

Claim:
A labeling method for labeling labeling information on a recording medium, the labeling information being for indicating information which is related to information adapted to be stored on the recording medium as storage information, the labeling method comprising: a labeling information acquiring step of acquiring first labeling information corresponding to first storage information; a positional information acquiring step of acquiring positional information relating to a position on the recording medium where second labeling information corresponding to second storage information different from the first storage information is labeled; a labeling position specifying step of specifying a labeling position on the recording medium, where the first labeling information is to be labeled, based on the positional information; and a labeling step of labeling the first labeling information on the specified labeling position of the recording medium, wherein the second storage information is deleted from the recording medium, the second labeling information including information indicating the deletion, and the labeling position differs from a position of the positional information.