Patent ID: 7688706

Claim:
A method of transferring data with respect to an optical information storage medium, the medium comprising a lead-in area having a first subarea and a second subarea, a lead-out area, and a data area formed between the lead-in and lead-out areas and in which a predetermined data is recorded, the method comprising: transferring a first data with respect to the first subarea of the lead-in area having a first track pitch between adjacent tracks; and transferring a second data with respect to at least one of the second subarea of the lead-in area and the data area of the optical information storage medium, the second subarea of the lead-in area, the data area, and the lead-out area each having a second track pitch between adjacent tracks, and the second track pitch being other than the first track pitch, wherein the lead-in area having the first subarea and the second subarea, the data area, and the lead-out area are arranged in sequence, and the data area is not positioned between the first subarea and the second subarea, wherein the first subarea comprises optical information storage medium-related information, and wherein the lead-in area, the lead-out area, and the data area comply with a single disc format.