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US 2009/0109824 A1Published application
Information-processing apparatus, information-recording apparatus, information-processing system, information-recording method, program for information recording, and storage medium
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorYoshiyuki Sasaki
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Abstract
An apparatus for processing information is disclosed. The apparatus requests for recording of user data into an information-recording apparatus for recording in an information-recording medium having multiple recording layers, each of the layers having a data area for recording the user data. The medium has a first recording layer to be a reference for determining a position of the data area in each of the recording layers, and a second recording layer excluding the first recording layer.
Claims2
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An information recording system, comprising:
- an information recording and reproducing apparatus having a data recorder for recording data on an information recording medium having a data area on at least a first recording layer and a second recording layer;
- and
- a host;
- wherein the host is adapted to make a request for changing the data area on the first recording layer within a range of the data area preset on the information recording medium, and a request for recording user data;
- wherein the information recording and reproducing apparatus is adapted to change the data area on the first recording layer, after receiving from the host the request for changing the data area;
- and
- wherein the information recording and reproducing apparatus, after receiving from the host a request for recording user data, is adapted to record the user data on a changed data area on the first recording layer of the information recording medium and record the user data on the data area on the second recording layer, and record predetermined data from an address following a last address of the data area on the first recording layer.
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