Patent ID: 7882157

Claim:
A storage apparatus comprising: an interface configured to receive content data comprising a first content data that is subscription service content data distributed by a push-type service and a second content data that is user content data; a storage portion to store the first content data and the second content data input from the interface, the storage portion having a total storage capacity, the total storage capacity being allocated as at least a first predetermined storable capacity for storing the first content data and a second predetermined storable capacity for storing the second content data such that the subscription service content data does not fill the storage portion and prevent storage of the user content data; and a control circuit configured to compare, when the content data input via the interface is first content data, a data amount of the content data input via the interface with the first predetermined storable capacity of the first content data and to store the content data in the storage portion when the data amount of the content data does not exceed the first predetermined storable capacity of the first content data; wherein, when the content data is the second content data and the data amount of the content data exceeds the second predetermined storable capacity of the second content data, the first predetermined storable capacity of the first content data is examined and, when there is not a free storable region in a storable capacity of the first content data, at least some previously-stored first content data is deleted to store the content data.