Method of reproducing a multi-session disk

• US 20020126552A1
• Filed: 03/05/2002
• Published: 09/12/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jeong, Jong Hyeok
• Granted Patent: US 7,174,511 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 365/200
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/1217 on discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/1235 session, i.e. a contiguous area having its own lead-in area, program area and lead-out area
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/216 Rewritable discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of selectively reproducing a desired type of data from a multi-session disk in which various types of data have been recorded on sessions. The method of reproducing a recording medium containing same type of contents in each session identifies each type of a plurality of sessions sequentially, composes type telling information based on the identified types wherein information indicative of same type of data sections is to be collectively placed when the type telling information is viewed, presents the type telling information with a choice button or box for a user'"'"'s selecting an arbitrary type, and selectively reproduces data sections corresponding to a selected type from a user. According to this method, it is possible for a user to recognize easily all types of data recorded on a multi-session disk containing various types of data, whereby a user can request reproduction or copy of same type data quite conveniently.

Claims

1. A method of reproducing a recording medium containing different types of contents, comprising the steps of:

(a) identifying all types of data written on the recording medium;

(b) presenting a menu screen for selecting at least one type among the identified types; and

(c) selectively reproducing data sections corresponding to the selected type through the presented menu screen.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the menu screen includes a choice button or box for selecting all data sections of same type at a time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein information indicative of same type of data sections is collectively placed in the menu screen.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data type represents data attribute indicative of audio, video, or text.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data type represents data compressing scheme.

2. The method of clam 1, wherein the data written on the recording medium is grouped by at least one session.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein each session contains same type of data.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein data type information is written on each lead-in area placed at the head of each session.

9. A method of reproducing a recording medium containing different types of contents in a plurality of sessions, comprising the steps of:

(a) identifying each type of the plurality of sessions sequentially;

(b) composing type telling information based on the identified types wherein information indicative of same type of data sections is to be collectively placed when the type telling information is viewed;

(c) presenting the type telling information with a choice button or box for selecting a type; and

(d) selectively reproducing data sections corresponding to the selected type from a user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the data type represents data attribute indicative of audio, video, or text.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the data type represents data compressing scheme.