Patent References Re34475 Method, apparatus and record carrier body for optically writing information Optical recording and/or reproducing device Apparatus for controlling a recording operation of an optical information recording apparatus Erasable optical data storage medium Method of partitioning the memory in a CD-player in order to reduce access time to the disk Unit and disc having a relatively rough surface and method of producing Recording method and apparatus Optical recording medium and manufacturing method thereof Optical information recording medium and recording method InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 301040 filed on 09/06/1994US Classes:369/30.27, Electrical control signal processing369/30.04Using recorded information indicative of storage medium contentsExaminersPrimary: Neyzari, AliAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG11B 017/22AbstractA method of prerecording data for later playback upon demand, the data operatively associated with a data storage medium having a first play location and a last play location, the storage medium adapted for use with a player or transcriber such that the media has a predefined begin play point from which the data begins to be removed from the medium by the player wherein the begin play point can be located at any location on the media, the method comprising the steps of (a) on the media, locating the begin play point sufficiently remote from the first play location for accepting data therebetween, (b) impressing data on the media between the first play location and the begin play point, (c) impressing data on the media between the begin play point and the end play point, (d) further impressing data on the media between the first play location and the last play location, (e) engaging the player for locating the begin play point, (f) further engaging the player to locate the first play location, (g) initiating the player to transcribe the data from the media between the first play location and the begin play point, and (h) allowing the player to transcribe past the begin play point for playing the data from the media between the first play location and the last play location.Other References
Field of SearchRecordingServo system operation related to disc structure information format Radiation beam modified or controlling (e.g., photosensitve, optical track) Track data format/layout Erasable, reversible or re-recordable Laminated or unified discrete layers Radiation beam modification of or by storage medium Specified material Controlling the record Locating specific areas Responsive to recorded address Address coding | |