Write-once disc, recording apparatus thereto, and method of reducing access time thereto

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A write-once disc, an apparatus for recording information thereon and a , method of reducing access time thereto the write-once disc including at least one record layer. The write-once disc also includes at least one update area in which updated predetermined information is recorded; and an access information area in which location information regarding the updated predetermined information, is recorded for a predetermined period. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce an access time for reading information updated in the write-once disc on which predetermined information is updated and recorded on a new position.