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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Young-goo Ko, Anyang-si, KR;
Sang-sun Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Jeong-ja Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing information regarding a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device when an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the UPnP device is changed are provided. In the method, a second address of the UPnP device is obtained from a message indicating the end of a first address-based network connection based on a first address of the device, and information regarding the UPnP device is updated by using the second address.