Patent ID: 7962666

Claim:
A transfer apparatus to which a memory device capable of storing content data may be connected, comprising: a connection status detection block configured to detect a connected status in which said memory device and said transfer apparatus are interconnected; a storage status detection block configured to detect a transfer candidate stored status in which transfer candidate content data to be transferred to said memory device is stored in a storage media of said transfer apparatus; a no-operation status detection block configured to detect a no-operation status in which said transfer apparatus has not been operated by a user for longer than a predetermined period of time; a transfer block configured to automatically transfer said transfer candidate content data to said memory device when said connected status is detected by said connection status detection block, said transfer candidate stored status is detected by said storage status detection block, and said no-operation status is detected by said no-operation status detection block; and a time setting block configured to set the predetermined period of time to different values based on a size of the content data.