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Semiconductor memory card, playback apparatus, recording apparatus, playback method, recording method, and computer-readable recording medium

  • US 6,865,431 B1
  • Filed: 05/26/2000
  • Issued: 03/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A semiconductor memory card comprising:

  • a plurality of audio objects composing an audio track; and

    a plurality of pieces of management information in a one-to-one relation with the audio objects;

    wherein each piece of management information includes a time search map and attribute information, wherein each time search map includes a plurality of pieces of entry information showing internal positions within a corresponding audio object at predetermined intervals, wherein each piece of attribute information shows that a corresponding audio object is (a) an entire audio track, (b) a first part of an audio track, (c) a middle part of an audio track, or (d) an end part of an audio track, and wherein each audio object is restricted to such a playback time that a number of pieces of entry information for a corresponding audio object does not exceed a predetermined number.

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