Patent ID: 7576773

Claim:
A direct recording device which is incorporated into each of a first apparatus and a second apparatus that are connectable to each other by a signal, and which allows mutual handling of data held by the first and second apparatuses, wherein the direct recording device comprises: an identifier setting part configured to set, for data stored in each of internal storage devices of the first and second apparatuses, identifiers for identifying the data; and a transfer part configured to mutually transmit and receive information containing at least one of an identifier and the data stored in each of the internal storage devices of the first and second apparatuses; wherein the first and second apparatuses are directly connectable without a general information processing device therebetween, and wherein the direct recording device incorporated into the first apparatus further comprises: a recording request transmitting part configured to transmit an identifier list and a direct copy request, for at least one data which is stored in the internal storage device of the first apparatus, and which is to be stored in the internal storage device of the second apparatus; a recording data transmitting part configured to, based on the identifier list transmitted by the recording request transmitting part, whenever an identifier listed in the identifier list is transmitted from the second apparatus, transmit data specified by the identifier to the second apparatus; and a progress display part configured to receive, from the second apparatus, information representing whether the data transmitted by the recording data transmitting part is normally stored in the internal storage device of the second apparatus, and display a progress situation on a display device connected to the first apparatus.