Patent ID: 8069158
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A receiving apparatus to download content data from a server through a network, comprising: a communicating unit, included in the receiving apparatus, configured to communicate a reception start request for the content data to, and to download the content data from, said server through said network; a storing unit, included in the receiving apparatus, configured to store the content data; a connecting unit, included in the receiving apparatus, configured to connect a recording apparatus to the receiving apparatus; a determining unit configured to determine whether a storing medium, used by the recording apparatus, is of a built-in type, in which the storing medium is built into the recording apparatus, or of a detachable type, in which the storing medium can be loaded into, and removed from, the recording apparatus; a detecting unit configured to determine whether said storing medium has been loaded into the recording apparatus, when the recording apparatus is determined to use the storing medium of the detachable type; and a controlling unit, included in the receiving apparatus, configured, for each reception start request communicated by the communicating unit to said server,