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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Seo-young Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jong-hun Kim, Seoul, KR;
In-tae Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Gyu-sang Jung, Seoul, KR;
In-ki Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Seo-young Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jong-hun Kim, Seoul, KR;
In-tae Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Gyu-sang Jung, Seoul, KR;
In-ki Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
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.