Patent ID: 7774351
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A data storage control apparatus comprising: copying means for copying data from an external storage medium; data attribution detection means for detecting attribution of storing-target data; control means for setting deletion-target priority of said data based on said attribution, said control means determining when a source of said data is a radio broadcast based on said attribution; determination means for determining whether or not the storage of said data is to be performed based on the attribution of said data detected by said data attribution detection means; data deletion means for deleting data having an oldest storage date from among all data having a source which is not a radio broadcast when said determination means determines that the storage of said data is to be performed and a storage medium for storing said data runs out of space, and said data deletion means deleting data having an oldest storage date and a source which is a radio broadcast when said determination means determines that the storage of said data is to be performed, a storage medium for storing said data runs out of space, and all stored data has a source which is a radio broadcast; and data storage means for storing said storing-target data in said storage medium after said data deletion means deletes the data having the oldest storage date from among all the data having a source which is not a radio broadcast; wherein when attribution of said data shows that said data is title information corresponding to compact discs, said data deletion means is configured to determine that said deletion-target priority of said data is high to delete said data.