Method of playing optical recording media

• US 20030117907A1
• Filed: 10/16/2002
• Published: 06/26/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Se-Hee
• Granted Patent: US 7,317,666 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 369/30.09
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/025 'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• 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

A method of reproducing information, and more particularly, a method of playing an optical recording medium storing music files by which a user can load only desired directories from the optical recording medium to reproduce the music files contained therein. Directories are searched from the optical recording medium and are displayed on a screen if the optical recording medium is driven. Desired ones of the directories are selected from the displayed directories and are loaded. Information corresponding to the loaded directories is reproduced. Only a directory selected by a user is loaded and reproduced. Thus, disc-loading time is saved so that the user can rapidly reproduce desired information.

Claims

1. A method of playing an optical recording medium, the method comprising:

searching directories from the optical recording medium and displaying the searched directories on a screen if the optical recording medium is driven;

selecting desired ones of the displayed directories and loading the selected directories; and

reproducing information corresponding to the loaded directories.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising pre-selecting the desired directories in advance of driving the optical recording medium, wherein said selecting the desired ones of the displayed directories comprises selecting the directories which have been pre-selected.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein one of the desired directories corresponds to one artist.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein one of the desired directories corresponds to one genre of music.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said searching the directories comprises reading a primary volume descriptor and a supplementary volume descriptor.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the information is encoded as MPEG Layer 3 data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said selecting the desired directories and loading the selected directories comprises loading the selected directories and not loading the remaining directories which were displayed on the screen but which were not selected.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein one of the desired directories corresponds to one genre of music.

8. A method of playing a recording medium, the method comprising:

searching directories from the recording medium if the recording medium is driven;

selecting desired ones of the searched directories; and

loading only the selected directories so as to allow reproduction of information in the selected directories.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising pre-selecting the desired directories prior to driving the recording medium, wherein said selecting the desired ones of the searched directories comprises selecting the directories which have been pre-selected.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein one of the desired directories corresponds to one artist.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein said searching the directories comprises reading a primary volume descriptor and a supplementary volume descriptor.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the information is encoded as MPEG Layer 3 data.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising displaying the searched directories on a screen prior to loading the desired ones of the directories, wherein said selecting the desired directories and loading the selected directories comprises loading the selected directories and not loading the remaining directories which were displayed on the screen but which were not selected.

15. A computer readable medium encoded with processing instructions for implementing a method of loading and playing information stored on a recordable medium as performed by a computer, the method comprising:

searching directories from the recording medium if the recording medium is driven;

selecting desired ones of the searched directories; and

loading only the selected directories so as to allow reproduction of information in the selected directories.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising pre-selecting the desired directories prior to driving the recording medium, wherein said selecting the desired ones of the searched directories comprises selecting the directories which have been pre-selected.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein said searching the directories comprises reading a primary volume descriptor and a supplementary volume descriptor.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the information is encoded as MPEG Layer 3 data.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising displaying the searched directories on a screen prior to loading the desired ones of the directories, wherein said selecting the desired directories and loading the selected directories comprises loading the selected directories and not loading the remaining directories which were displayed on the screen but which were not selected.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising displaying the searched directories on a screen prior to loading the desired ones of the directories, wherein said selecting the desired directories and loading the selected directories comprises loading the selected directories and not loading the remaining directories which were displayed on the screen but which were not selected.