| US 7,593,311 B2 | ||
| Recording medium, recording method, recording device, reproduction device, data transmission method, and server device | ||
| Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo (Japan); Etsuo Shibasaki, Tokyo (Japan); Yoriaki Kanada, Kanagawa (Japan); Akiya Saito, Kanagawa (Japan); Koichi Nakajima, Chiba (Japan); Shunsuke Furukawa, Tokyo (Japan); Kaoru Kijima, Tokyo (Japan); and Akiko Inoue, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan); and Sony Disc & Digital Solutions Inc., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/486,920 PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2003, PCT No. PCT/JP03/08047 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 24, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO04/001727, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 31, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2002-184972 (JP), filed on Jun. 25, 2002; and application No. 2002-251682 (JP), filed on Aug. 29, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0199523 A1, Oct. 07, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 7/007 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 369—275.3 [726/26] | 7 Claims |

| 1. A recording medium comprising:
a lead-in region;
a data-recording region positioned on an outer peripheral region relative to the lead-in region; and
a lead-out region positioned on an outer peripheral region relative to the data-recording region, wherein
a predetermined number of pieces of service identification information are recorded in at least one of the lead-in region,
the data-recording region, and the lead-out region, with each one of the pieces being individually complete and serving to
identify the service associated therewith that is to be provided by a service provider based on the identified service, wherein
said predetermined number of pieces of service identification information are recorded without break over multiple regions
in the lead-in region, the data-recording region, and the lead-out region.
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