Patent ID: 8396982

Claim:
An information processor for obtaining a digital content file through a network and storing it into a predetermined storage device, comprising: resume data generation means for generating a resume data including at least information indicating a progress of obtaining said digital content file; and download control means that creates a recording area of a size that is equal to a data size of said digital content file, in said storage device, obtains a series of divided data blocks in a predetermined order, the divided data blocks being obtained by breaking up said digital content file, stores the divided data blocks in order from an earliest to a latest obtained, in said recording area along with said resume data, and removes the resume data from said recording area when a last one of the divided data blocks is obtained, wherein said information indicating the progress of obtaining said digital content file represents progress for each one of said divided data blocks, said resume data generation means being adapted to update, when said download control means obtains a divided data block, said information indicating the progress of obtaining said digital content file corresponding to the obtained divided data block, and said download control means moves a position where said resume data is stored, within said recording area, depending on a position where the obtained one of the divided data blocks is stored.