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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2008
Seok-kyu Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-june Woo, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young-hoon Min, Suwon-si, KR;
Sin-jae Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Seok-Kyu Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-June Woo, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young-Hoon Min, Suwon-si, KR;
Sin-Jae Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing metadata in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes, upon insertion of an external memory, acquiring a unique identifier of an external memory, determining whether a record having information identical to information of a file included in the external memory exists if the unique identifier is identical to a previously stored unique identifier, and reusing metadata included in the record if the record exists.