Patent ID: 7131124

Claim:
A system for downloading a program for download, said system comprising: a host computer that includes a transmission unit which transmits the program for download; an apparatus that downloads the program for download transmitted from said host computer, said apparatus including, a first recording section that is writable and rewritable with the program for download; a second recording section, provided in a predetermined area of said first recording section, which already stores at least a program for executing reception of the program for download and a program for executing writing of the program for download onto said first recording section; a receiving unit which receives the program for download according to the program for executing reception that has been stored in said second recording section; and a writing unit which writes the received program for download onto said first recording section according to the program for executing writing that has been stored in said second recording section, wherein rewriting of the programs stored in said second recording section is inhibited; and a download result storage unit, which stores a status of the writing of the program for download carried out by said writing unit.