Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

In-ki Lee

Jong-hun Kim

Seo-young Lee

Gyu-sang Jung

In-tae Park

An electronic device includes: a communication unit which communicates with an information server that stores predetermined information, a plurality of address-offering servers that store IP addresses existing in a network and provide any one of the stored IP addresses, and a management server that includes area information on the network where the information server is located; and a controller which performs a request for an IP address of the information server for the use of information stored in the information server from the plurality of address-offering servers and the management server, checks whether the provided IP address can be used to the plurality of the address-offering servers and the management servers if one of the plurality of address-offering servers provides the IP address of the information server, and controls the communication unit to receive the information from the information server based on the IP address if a positive response signal for the use of the IP address is received from the management server.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

In-ki Lee