A cellular phone (portable terminal) and a DVD recorder (data processing apparatus) have a BT communication function. The DVD recorder is linked to the cellular phone by radio communication within a given range to acquire identification information proper to the cellular phone. The DVD recorder sets a data-store destination corresponding to the cellular phone, based on the identification information and holds data transferred from the cellular phone in the data-store destination. Data of the cellular phone with a small memory capacity can be transferred without any troublesome linking operation, and the transferred data can be stored and managed in correspondence with the cellular phone.