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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Jin-woo Hong, Suwon-si, KR;
Dae-gyu Bae, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-young Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An address management method and a device thereof are provided. The address management method includes determining by a device whether all logical addresses corresponding to a type of the device are currently being used by external devices; setting by the device a non-use logical address as a logical address of the device, if it is determined that one of the logical addresses is currently not in use; and setting by the device a predetermined logical address as a logical address of the device, if it is determined that all the logical addresses are currently being used. Therefore, logical addresses may be allocated to a device even if all logical addresses corresponding the type of the device are currently being used.