Information recording medium with interleaved data, apparatus for recording same and apparatus for reproducing same

An information recording medium reproduced by an information reproducing apparatus having a reproduction unit and a reproduction control unit for controlling the reproduction unit for jumping to a jump target position and continuing reproduction, the recording medium comprising:

• a plurality of first information pieces reproduced successively by the reproduction unit;
• a plurality of second information pieces positioned successively on the information recording medium, wherein each of the first information pieces includes at least one second information piece;
• a plurality of third information pieces including navigation information, wherein each of the second information pieces includes at least one third information piece;
• at least one related information piece included in the navigation information and related to a reproduction order of the second information pieces;
• at least one reproduction control information piece that relates to a reproduction order of the first information pieces,
• wherein at least one of the at least one related information piece and the at least one reproduction control information piece includes a jump reproduction method selection information piece indicating one of a plurality of jump reproduction methods performed by the reproduction unit.

An information recording medium reproduced by an information reproducing apparatus having a reproduction unit and a reproduction control unit for controlling the reproduction unit for jumping to ajump target position and continuing reproduction, the recording medium comprising:

• a plurality of first information pieces reproduced successively by the reproduction unit;
• a plurality of second information pieces successively positioned on the information recording medium, wherein each of the plurality of first information pieces includes at least one second information piece;
• a plurality of third information pieces including navigation information, wherein each of the plurality of second information pieces includes at least one third information piece;
• at least one related information piece included in the navigation information and related to a reproduction order of the plurality of second information pieces;
• a first reproduction control information piece referred by the reproduction unit and identifying a reproduction order of the plurality of first information pieces, wherein at least one of the related information pieces and the first reproduction control information pieces includes a jump reproduction method selection information piece indicating one of a plurality of jump reproduction methods performed by the jump reproduction unit;
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• a second reproduction control information piece referred to by the reproduction unit and that identifies a reproduction order of the plurality of first information pieces,
• wherein the reproduction order identified by the first reproduction control information piece includes at least one first information piece which is the same as at least one first information piece included in the reproduction order referred by the second reproduction control information piece.

An information recording apparatus comprising:

• a first unit for dividing information having continuous contents into a plurality of independently reproducible third information pieces;
• a second unit for producing at least one related information piece related to a reproduction order of second information pieces, each of the second information pieces including at least one of the plurality of third information pieces;
• a third unit for producing a first reproduction control information piece identifying a reproduction order of first information pieces each including at least one of the second information pieces, and for producing a second reproduction control information piece identifying a reproduction order of the first information pieces,
• wherein the reproduction order identified by the first reproduction control information piece includes at least one first information piece which is the same as at least one first information piece included in the reproduction order identified by the second reproduction control information pieces;
• a fourth unit for producing at least one jump reproduction method selection information piece indicating one of a plurality of jump reproduction methods;
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• a recording unit for recording the third information pieces, the at least one related information piece, the reproduction control information pieces and the at least one jump reproduction method selection information piece on an information recording medium.

An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing information from an information recording medium, the information recording medium comprising:

• a plurality of first information pieces;
• a plurality of second information pieces successively positioned on the information recording medium, one or more of the second information pieces constituting the first information piece;
• a plurality of third infonmation pieces including navigation information, one or more of the third information pieces constituting the second information pieces;
• at least one related infonmation piece included in the navigation information and related to a reproduction order of the second information pieces;
• at least one reproduction control information piece that relates to a reproduction order of the plurality of first information pieces,
• wherein at least one of the related information pieces and the reproduction control information pieces includes a jump reproduction method selection information piece indicating one of a plurality of jump reproduction methods;
• the information recording apparatus comprising:
• a reproduction unit for successively reproducing the second information pieces in order to reproduce the first information pieces by referring to the related information pieces;
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• a reproduction control unit for controlling the reproduction unit to jump to a jump target position in accordance with the jump reproduction method specified by the jump reproduction method selection information piece.

An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing information from an information recording medium comprising:

• a plurality of first information pieces;
• a plurality of second information pieces successively positioned on the information recording medium, one or more of the plurality of second information pieces constituting the first information piece;
• a plurality of third information pieces including navigation information, one or more of the plurality of third information pieces constituting each of the plurality of second information pieces;
• at least one related information piece included in the navigation information and related to a reproduction order of the second information pieces;
• a first reproduction control information piece identifying a reproduction order of the plurality of first information pieces;
• a second reproduction control information piece identifying a reproduction order of the plurality of first information pieces, wherein the reproduction order identified by the first reproduction control information piece includes at least one first information piece which is the same as at least one first information piece included in the reproduction order identified by the second reproduction control information piece;
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• a jump reproduction method selection information piece indicating one of a plurality of jump reproduction methods performed by the jump reproduction unit,
• the information reproducing apparatus comprising:
• a reproduction unit for successively reproducing the second information pieces to reproduce the plurality of first information pieces by referring to the at least one related information piece;
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• a reproduction control unit for controlling the reproduction unit to jump to a jump target position in accordance with the jump reproduction method specified by the jump reproduction method selection information piece.