Appeal No. 96-3810
Application No. 08/207,801
The appellant's invention relates to a postscript basis
pre-TOC technique for recording data on an optical disc. More
specifically, the method involves reading position data
corresponding to already recorded data, determining the
remaining data area, dividing the remaining area into plural
units, and recording in the table of contents position data
for both the already recorded data and the unit data areas.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads
as follows:
1. In an optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus
having means for seeking a predetermined position on a
postscript type optical disc, means for reading recorded data
from said disc, and means for recording data and a time table
on a predetermined data area and a table area of said disc,
respec-tively, a method of recording said time table
comprising the sequential steps of:
reading position data corresponding to a position of each
recorded data on said disc;
detecting a remaining data area on which no data is
recorded;
dividing said remaining data area into a plurality of
unit data areas; and
recording position data of each recorded data and each
unit data area on said time table area.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ando et al. (Ando) 4,862,439 Aug. 29, 1989
Strubbe et al. (Strubbe) 5,047,867 Sep. 10,
1991
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