Patent ID: 8424110

Claim:
A content storage apparatus, comprising: receiving means for receiving a content and service information associated with the content; storage means, including at least a first storage area and a second storage area, for storing the content received by the receiving means; and control means for determining one of the first and second storage areas as a storage area for storing the content in accordance with at least the service information received by the receiving means, and for controlling the storage means such that in response to a user specifying that a piece of copy-once content stored therein is to be moved to another storage medium, (i) if such copy-once content is stored in the first storage area, the copy-once content is stored in the another storage medium without the original copy-once content stored in the first storage area being deleted, and (ii) if such copy-once content is stored in the second storage area, the copy-once content is stored in the another storage medium and the original copy-once content stored in the second storage area is deleted.