1. An information storage medium comprising:
a management area for recording management information; and
a data area for recording content data,
wherein the content data recorded in the data area contains a plurality of object data,
each object data contains a plurality of data units,
each data unit contains a plurality of packs,
each pack contains at least one packet,
the packet contains at least one transport stream packet,
the management information recorded in the management area contains program chain information which manages a playback order of data contained in the object data,
the program chain information contains cell information,
the cell information contains information that specifies an object to be played back, and the management area contains information representing number of the data units.
2. A medium according to claim 1, wherein the management area contains information of the stream.
3. A medium according to claim 1, wherein each data unit contains length of the data unit.
4. A medium according to claim 1, wherein each data unit contains end address of picture.
5. An information recording method for recording information on an information storage medium including a management area and data, area, comprising:
recording management information in the management area and a plurality of object data in the data area;
reading object data management information which manages the object data contained in the management information;
deciding identification information of object data to be played back on the basis of the object data management information, wherein the object data management information contains first and second tables, the first table containing identification information of a transport stream packet containing second table, and the second table containing identification information of the transport stream packet,
and deciding identification information of the second table to be played back on the basis of the object data management information,
each object data contains a plurality of data units,
each data unit contains a plurality of packs,
each pack contains at least one packet,
the packet contains at least one transport stream packet,
the management information recorded in the management area contains program chain information which manages a playback order of data contained in the object data, and
the program chain information contains cell information,
the cell information contains information that specifies an object to be played back, and
the management area contains information representing number of data units.
6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the management area contains information of the stream.
7. A method according to claim 5, wherein
each data unit contains length of the data unit.
8. A method according to claim 5, wherein each data unit contains end address of picture.
9. An information playback method for playing back information on an information storage medium including a management area on which management information is recorded and data area on which a plurality of object data is recorded, comprising:
reading object data management information which manages the object data contained in the management information; and
deciding identification information of object data to be played back on the basis of the object data management information
wherein the object data management information contains first and second tables, the first table containing identification information of a transport stream packet containing second table, and the second table containing identification information of the transport stream packet,
deciding identification information of the second table to be played back on the basis of the object data management information,
each object data contains a plurality of data units,
each data unit contains a plurality of packs,
each pack contains at least one packet,
the packet contains at least one transport stream packet,
the management information recorded in the management area contains program chain information which manages a playback order of data contained in the object data, and
the program chain information contains cell information,
the cell information contains information that specifies an object to be played back, and
the management area contains information representing number of the data units.
10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the management area contains information of the stream.
11. A method according to claim 9, wherein each data unit contains length of the data unit.
12. A method according to claim 9, wherein, each data unit contains end address of picture.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An information processing apparatus communicating with a device to receive device information from the device, the information processing apparatus comprising:
operation-acquisition-request receiving means for receiving an operation acquisition request from the device for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the information processing apparatus;
operation-transmitting means for transmitting to the device an operation applied to the device according to the operation acquisition request;
request-adding means for adding a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request to a reply to device information from the device; and
response-transmitting means for transmitting the reply to the device information from the device to the device, wherein the request for transmission of the operation acquisition request is added to the reply by the request-adding means.
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a schema of the request for transmission of the operation acquisition request is prepared for a SOAP response to a SOAP function in a transmission test from the device to describe an instruction to the device in the schema if there is an instruction to the device.
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
determination means for determining whether there is an operation necessary for the device transmitting the device information,
wherein the response-transmitting means transmits the reply to the device information from the device to the device, wherein the request for transmission of the operation acquisition request is added to the reply by the request-adding means if there is an operation necessary for the device, and the request for transmission of the operation acquisition request is not added to the reply by the request-adding means if there is no operation necessary for the device.
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device information includes at least one of a connection test to the information processing apparatus, regularly reported device information, and failure information about a failure occurring irregularly.
5. An information processing apparatus communicating with a device, the information processing apparatus comprising:
an operation-acquisition-request receiving unit configured to receive an operation acquisition report from the device for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the information processing apparatus;
an operation-transmitting unit configured to transmit to the device an operation applied to the device according to the operation acquisition request; and
a response-transmitting unit configured to transmit a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request as a reply to communication from the device if there is an operation applied to the device.
6. A device communicating with an information processing apparatus to perform an operation sent from the information processing apparatus, the device comprising:
communication means for transmitting device information to the information processing apparatus;
response-information receiving means for receiving response information sent from the information processing apparatus in response to the device information transmitted by the communication means;
transmission means for transmitting to the information processing apparatus an operation acquisition request for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the information processing apparatus;
operation-receiving means for receiving an operation corresponding to the operation acquisition request; and
instruction-information determination means for determining whether the response information received by the response-information receiving means includes a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request,
wherein the transmission means transmits the operation acquisition request if the instruction-information determination means determines that the response information includes a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request.
7. A device communicating with an information processing apparatus to perform an operation sent from the information processing apparatus, the device comprising:
a communication unit configured to communicate with the information processing apparatus;
a response-information receiving unit configured to receive response information from the information processing apparatus in response to the communication by the communication unit;
a transmission unit configured to transmit to the information processing apparatus an operation acquisition request for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the information processing apparatus; and
an operation-receiving unit configured to receive an operation corresponding to the operation acquisition request;
wherein the transmission unit transmits the operation acquisition request if the response information received by the response-information receiving unit includes a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request.
8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the communication by the communication unit includes at least one of a connection test to the information processing apparatus, regularly reported device information, and failure information about a failure occurring irregularly.
9. An information processing method by an information processing apparatus communicating with a device to receive device information from the device, the information processing method comprising:
receiving from the device an operation acquisition request for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the information processing apparatus;
transmitting an operation applied to the device to the device according to the operation acquisition request;
adding a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request to a reply to device information from the device; and
transmitting to the device the reply to the device information from the device, wherein the request for transmission of the operation acquisition request is added to the reply in the request-adding step.
10. An information processing method by an information processing apparatus communicating with a device, the information processing method comprising:
receiving from the device an operation acquisition request for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the information processing apparatus;
transmitting an operation applied to the device to the device according to the operation acquisition request; and
transmitting a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request as a reply to communication from the device if there is an operation applied to the device.
11. A computer-executable program for causing a computer to execute an information processing method, the program comprising:
receiving from a device an operation acquisition request for acquiring an operation applied to the device from the computer;
transmitting an operation applied to the device to the device according to the operation acquisition request;
adding a request for transmission of the operation acquisition request to a reply to device information from the device; and
transmitting to the device the reply to the device information from the device, wherein the request for transmission of the operation acquisition request is added to the reply in the request-adding step.