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Information recording apparatus and method for playing a plurality of information recording mediums

  • US 6,292,443 B1
  • Filed: 08/27/1996
  • Issued: 09/18/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a plurality of software multimedia data players for playing back recording mediums having different types of multimedia data content, the multimedia data content being recorded in different formats;

    disc drive means for driving a recording medium inserted thereto, said disc drive means obtaining information indicative of a type of multimedia data content of the inserted recording medium therefrom;

    disc manager means for automatically driving an appropriate software multimedia data player which is one of said plurality of software multimedia data players and corresponds to the type of multimedia data content of the inserted recording medium, by receiving the information indicative of the type of multimedia data content of the inserted recording medium from said disc drive means; and

    a table in which combinations of said plurality of software multimedia data players and the different types of multimedia data content of the recording mediums have been registered, wherein in a case where a software multimedia data player corresponding to the inserted recording medium has been registered in said table, said disc manager means drives the corresponding software multimedia data player which has been registered, and in a case where the software multimedia data player corresponding to the inserted recording medium has not been registered in said table, said disc manager means informs a user of a non-registration of the corresponding software multimedia data player.

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