| US 7,616,529 B2 | ||
| Recording and reproducing apparatus, recording and reproducing method, and storage medium | ||
| Akira Tange, Tokyo (Japan); Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo (Japan); Tomihiro Nakagawa, Kanagawa (Japan); Shunsuke Furukawa, Tokyo (Japan); Junichi Kudo, Tokyo (Japan); Kaoru Kijima, Tokyo (Japan); Yoshimasa Utsumi, Tokyo (Japan); Mitsuru Toriyama, Chiba (Japan); Tatsuya Inokuchi, Tokyo (Japan); and Kazuko Sakurai, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 15, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/798,595. | ||
| Application 11/798595 is a continuation of application No. 10/203402, granted, now 7,327,640, previously published as PCT/JP01/10840, filed on Dec. 11, 2001. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-377971 (JP), filed on Dec. 12, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0002532 A1, Jan. 03, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 21/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 369—30.07 | 9 Claims |

| 1. A recording and reproducing method, comprising the steps of:
displaying symbols corresponding to audio or video data stored in a storage medium, the symbols being arranged in a two dimensional
map corresponding to two attributes based on the two attributes of the audio or video data;
designating a symbol that is displayed so as to designate desired data;
reading partial data corresponding to said designated desired data from said storage medium, the storage medium storing partial
data corresponding to a part of each of the data stored in the storage medium;
reproducing said partial data; and
reproducing said designated desired data according to a second designation for said designated desired data.
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