Method and apparatus for preserving data-recording status of a write-once recording medium, and write-once recording medium therefor

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A write-once recording medium preserving a data recording status of the write-once recording medium a method of preserving the data recording status of a write-once recording medium a medium including computer readable code for the same and a recording and/or reproducing apparatus therefor. In the method of preserving the data recording status of a write-once recording medium first, data is recorded on the write-once recording medium. Next recording-status data, representing occupied areas is produced and recorded in a temporary defect management area allocated in the write-once recording medium. Thereafter a finalization command is received to preserve the data-recording status of the …