Patent ID: 8781406

Claim:
A receiving apparatus which is capable of connecting with a transmitting apparatus and receives contents data, wherein the transmitting apparatus transmits the contents data, the receiving apparatus comprising: a radio communication unit which connects with the transmitting apparatus via a radio communication; a cable communication unit which connects with the transmitting apparatus via a cable communication; an identification information obtaining section which obtains identification information of the transmitting apparatus, which is used in the radio communication, from the transmitting apparatus via the cable communication when the transmitting apparatus is connected via the cable communication while the receiving apparatus is being connected with the transmitting apparatus via the radio communication; an identification information judging section which judges whether the identification information of the transmitting apparatus, which is being connected with the receiving apparatus via the radio communication, is the same as the identification information obtained by the identification information obtaining section; and a switch controlling section which transmits an instruction to the transmitting apparatus to switch an output of the contents data from the radio communication to the cable communication and switches an input of the contents data to the receiving apparatus from the radio communication to the cable communication when the identification information judging section judges that the identification information of the transmitting apparatus is the same as the obtained identification information.