Terminal device, content deletion and transfer control system, and method for controlling content deletion

A terminal device that is virtually connected to an external processing device that includes a recording medium that stores content so that the terminal device can communicate with the external processing device, the terminal device comprising:

• an input unit operable to receive a user's instruction;
• a storage unit operable to store content;
• and
• a control unit connected to the input unit and the storage unit,
• wherein the control unit does not immediately delete a piece of content stored in the storage unit when deletion of the piece of content is requested but rather places the piece of content into a deletion-pending queue and only actually deletes the piece of content after the control unit has determined that the piece of content exists in the recording medium of the external processing device.

A content deletion and transfer control system comprising:

• an external processing device operable to store content;
• and
• a terminal device comprising:
• an input unit operable to receive a user's instruction;
• a display operable to present information;
• a first storage unit operable to store content;
• and
• a first control unit connected to the input unit, the display, and the first storage unit,
• wherein the first control unit is operable to create a deletion history when a piece of content stored in the first storage unit is deleted from the first storage unit, and subsequently present the deletion history on the display and request the external processing device to transfer the deleted piece of content to the terminal device when the deleted piece of content is selected from the deletion history via the user's instruction, and
• the external processing device and the terminal device are virtually connected to each other so that the external processing device and the terminal device can communicate with each other.

A content deletion and transfer control system comprising:

• an external processing device operable to store content;
• and
• a terminal device comprising:
• an input unit operable to receive a user's instruction;
• a storage unit operable to store content;
• and
• a control unit connected to the input unit and the storage unit,
• wherein the control unit does not immediately delete a piece of content stored in the storage unit when deletion of the piece of content is requested but rather places the piece of content into a deletion-pending queue and only actually deletes the piece of content from the storage unit after the control unit has determined that the piece of content exists in the external processing device, and
• the external processing device and the terminal device are virtually connected to each other so that the external processing device and the terminal device can communicate with each other.