Patent ID: 6760730
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A receiving device, comprising:a receiving section for receiving first data including a plurality of data items; an accumulative storage section in which at least one of the plurality of data items is stored; a free space capacity acquiring section for acquiring a free space capacity of the accumulative storage section; an accumulation level determining section for determining an accumulation level representing a data item to be stored in the accumulative storage section and determining an accumulation level value representing the data amount to be stored in the accumulative storage section, wherein the accumulation level is attached to the data item; a data extraction section for extracting a data item from the first data based on the accumulation level value from the accumulation level determining sections; and a data writing section for writing the data item extracted by the data extraction section in the accumulative storage section, wherein the accumulation level determining section includes a function storage section for storing a function for determining the data item to be extracted from the first data based on predetermined parameters, and the parameters include at least the free space capacity, and the accumulation level determining section determines the accumulation level based on the function in the function storage section such that data is accumulatively stored in the accumulative storage section.â€