Patent ID: 8564692
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic device comprising: a data transfer unit that transfers data between a first recording medium and a second recording medium; an indication unit that indicates to the data transfer unit a communication protocol and a data transfer rate to be used in data transfer; a judgment unit that judges whether or not the data transfer is successful; and a control unit that controls the indication unit to indicate the communication protocol and the data transfer rate to be used in the data transfer, after the judgment whether or not the data transfer is successful, based on the communication protocol used in the data transfer, the data transfer rate used in the data transfer, and the judgment whether or not the data transfer is successful, wherein the communication protocol to be used in the data transfer includes a higher rate communication protocol and a lower rate communication protocol that performs the data transfer in a transfer rate lower than that of the higher rate communication protocol, at least one of the higher rate communication protocol and the lower rate communication protocol is adapted to be changeable with respect to the data transfer rate, and the control unit controls the indication unit to increase the data transfer rate without changing the communication protocol when it is judged by the judgment unit that the data transfer with the communication protocol of which the data transfer rate is made changeable is successful.