Patent ID: 8219066

Claim:
A recording apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of communication apparatuses, the apparatus comprising: a communication unit capable of communicating with the plurality of communication apparatuses; a storage unit which stores data received by said communication unit; a management unit which manages exclusive storage areas and a shared storage area in said storage unit, wherein each of said exclusive storage areas is assigned only one communication apparatus, wherein said shared storage area is commonly available for the plurality of communication apparatuses, wherein the exclusive storage areas are used in a case that a capacity of the shared storage area becomes short; and a transmission unit which transmits information on a data amount storable in said storage unit to communication units of the plurality of communication apparatuses, wherein the information on the data amount storable in said storage unit that is transmitted to the communication apparatuses includes information based on a remaining area of the shared storage area commonly available for the plurality of communication apparatuses.