Patent ID: 7215877

Claim:
An information recording medium for use with a recording/reproducing device, comprising: a first area provided configured to allow an object file to be recorded therein or reproduced therefrom, the object file including at least one of a video object, a still picture object, and an audio object; a second area configured to allow management information to be recorded therein or reproduced therefrom, the management information being referred to when the object file recorded in the first area is reproduced; a third area provided in the second area configured to allow manufacturer's information to be recorded therein; a fourth area provided in the third area configured to allow manufacturer ID information to be recorded therein; a fifth area provided in the third area configured to allow specific information of the manufacturer to be recorded therein; a sixth area provided in the third area configured to allow recording time required for recording the specific information of the manufacturer to be recorded therein; a seventh area provided in the second area configured to allow video object information to be recorded therein, the video object information including information for the video object and information for VOBU contained in the video object, the seventh area is different from the third area in the second area; and an eighth area provided in the seventh area configured to allow recording time information of the video object to be recorded therein, wherein the object file of the first area is accessed by referring to the management information of the second area.