Patent ID: 7058289

Claim:
An information recording medium for use with a recording/reproducing device, comprising: a first area 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 PGC control information to be recorded therein; a fourth area provided in the third area configured to allow a plurality of PGC information to be recorded therein, each of the PGC information defined in each PGC, the PGC designating a playback sequence of cells, the cells indicating a playback period in the video object, a part of the video object configured to be referred to by more than one PGC; a fifth area provided in the second area configured to allow a manufacturer's information table to be recorded therein, the fifth area is different from the third area in the second area; a sixth area provided in the fifth area configured to allow a plurality of manufacturer's information to be recorded therein; a seventh area provided in the fifth area configured to allow number information of the manufacturer's information to be recorded therein; an eighth area provided in the sixth area configured to allow manufacturer ID information to be recorded therein; a ninth area provided in the sixth area configured to allow specific information of the manufacturer to be recorded therein; and a tenth area provided in the sixth area configured to allow recording time required for recording the specific information of the manufacturer to be recorded therein, wherein the object file of the first area is accessed by referring to the control information of the second area.