Apparatus and method for extending memory in terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung-Hwan YUN, Sei-Jin KIM
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method capable of selectively extending a memory in a terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a socket unit into which an external memory having a built-in Random Access Memory (RAM) is inserted, and a controller that performs a control operation for moving data stored in a RAM of the terminal to the RAM of the external memory and for securing available space of the RAM of the terminal, when the external memory having the built-in RAM is inserted into the socket unit.
Claims23
An apparatus that extends a memory in a terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a socket unit into which an external memory having a built-in Random Access Memory (RAM) is inserted;
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- a controller that performs a control operation for moving data stored in a RAM of the terminal to the RAM of the external memory and for securing available space of the RAM of the terminal, when the external memory having the built-in RAM is inserted into the socket unit.
A method of extending a memory in a terminal, the method comprising:
- determining a type of an external memory inserted into a socket unit of the terminal;
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- securing available space of a Random Access Memory (RAM) of the terminal by moving data stored in the RAM of the terminal to a RAM of the external memory, when the external memory inserted into the socket unit of the terminal corresponds to an external memory having a built-in RAM.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.