Apparatus and method for managing metadata in portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeok-Kyu Jang, Young-June Woo, Young-Hoon Min, Sin-Jae Lee
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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.
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A method for managing metadata in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- acquiring a unique identifier of an external memory upon insertion of the external memory;
- determining if the unique identifier is identical to a previously stored unique identifier;
- if the unique identifier is identical to the previously stored unique identifier, determining whether a record having information identical to information of a file included in the external memory exists;
- and
- if the record exists, reusing metadata included in the record.
An apparatus for managing metadata in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a controller for, upon insertion of an external memory, acquiring a unique identifier of the external memory, if the unique identifier is identical to a previously stored unique identifier, determining whether a record having information identical to information of a file included in the external memory exists, and if the record exists, reusing metadata included in the record,
- wherein the external memory is inserted into or removed from the portable terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.