Patent ID: 7555626

Claim:
A system comprising: a host; and an information reproducing apparatus configured to reproduce information from an optical disc having a recording region divided into a plurality of data areas, in which optical disc data are to be recorded in each of the divided data areas, while management information about data recording is recorded in a prescribed management information area, and in which optical disc management information is updated and added to a new management information area every time a prescribed range of data recording has been completed, wherein the host outputs a management information acquisition request along with designation of a management information area in the optical disc, and the information reproducing apparatus acquires the requested management information from the designated management information area in the optical disc in response to the request and reports the acquired management information to the host, and wherein the information reproducing apparatus has a determination unit configured to select in advance a default value for designation of a particular management information area and determine whether the designated management information area corresponds to the default value, and wherein the information reproducing apparatus reports the management information acquired from the last management information area to the host if the designated management information area corresponds to the default value.