Information reproducing system for playing back recording mediums according to previously stored information

Claim 1

An information reproducing system for playing back a group of recording media stored in a magazine currently loaded in the system, each recording medium having recording information to be reproduced and Table of Contents (TOC) information with respect to the recorded information, so that the recorded information of the recording media can be reproduced according to the TOC information, said information reproducing system comprising: a) reading means for reading the TOC information of all the recording media stored in the currently loaded magazine before the recording media are played back; b) input means for inputting commands decided by a user; c) TOC information storing means for storing the TOC information read by said reading means corresponding to the currently loaded magazine, which comprises: a current magazine memory area for storing a playback control information, including TOC information, corresponding to the magazine currently loaded in the system; and a plurality of registering memory areas for storing playback information corresponding to magazines previously loaded into the system; and d) control means for effecting control in which, said control means clears the current magazine memory area and one of the registering memory areas, stores TOC information read by said reading means into the current magazine memory area, and transfers all data from the current magazine area to the cleared registering memory area, all in correspondence with a command inputted by said input means.