Patent ID: 8438242
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information-processing apparatus comprising: storage means for storing data files; communication means for communicating data with an external server apparatus; and control means for controlling said communication means and said storage means for storing new data downloaded from said server apparatus via said communication means, if said storage means has free storage area left in which said new data is allowed to be recorded, wherein each data file stored in the storage means is associated with a first attribute indicating whether the data file is transferred to the external server apparatus and is saved in the external server apparatus, wherein each data file stored in the storage means is associated with a second attribute indicating whether the data file is temporarily installed in the information-processing apparatus and needs to be deleted after a use of the data file, wherein if said storage means has no free storage area for recording said new data, the control means selects, based on an activation history, a data file stored in said storage means and transfers said selected data file to the external server apparatus via said communication means in order to allocate free storage area in said storage means, and then the control means records said new data from said server apparatus in said storage means; and then the control means deletes an active data file from said storage means in order to restore said transferred data file from the external server apparatus to said storage means if said data file saved in the external server apparatus exists at completion of use of said active data file downloaded from said server; and further comprising charging means for carrying out a charging process to request a user of said information processing apparatus to pay a cost for downloading said new data.