Patent ID: 9619421
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A flash memory drive comprising: (a) a male Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector; (b) a female USB connector, the female USB connector and the male USB connector not being in data communication with one another; (c) a flash memory chip to store file data; (d) a computing processor, operatively connected to the flash memory chip, to manage transfers of data to and from the flash memory chip, and to manage movement and storage of file data between parts of the flash memory chip; and, (e) a changeover switch, operatively connected to the computing processor, and activatable by the computing processor, for establishing a data communication link between the computing processor and one of the male USB connector or the female USB connector, and to thereafter switch said connection from between the computing processor and the one of the male USB connector and female USB connector, to between the computing processor and the other of the male USB connector and the female USB connector.