METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION

摘要

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing a command received from a provider apparatus (1) by utilizing a memory section (66). The memory section (66) comprises a first area including a plurality of area definition blocks each of which stores information relating to a predetermined area (BN 0 ..BN 1 ) in a second area of the memory section (66) which is used by one or more provider apparatuses (1), wherein the second area includes a plurality of user blocks managed in a block unit having a predetermined size, each of the plurality of area definition blocks has the predetermined size and the block unit being used by a plurality of provider apparatuses (1). The first area size is based on the number of provider apparatuses and the second area size is based on subtracting the first area size from the size of the memory section (66).