Patent ID: 7364090
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: G06K,H05K

Abstract:
1. A memory card system, comprising: an enclosed electronic circuit card having first and second sets of electrical contacts with different contact patterns positioned on an outside surface of the card a distance apart from each other such that they mate with a respective one of first and second mating receptacles but not the other, a re-programmable non-volatile memory system within the card and operably connected to transfer data between the memory and outside of the card with different signal protocols through either of the first or second sets of contacts without use of the other, and a cover carried by the card and slideable therealong by hand between at least first and second positions with respect to the card, the first set of contacts being covered when the cover is in the first position and exposed for insertion into the first mating receptacle when the cover is in the second position, wherein the relative sizes and shapes of the card and cover are such that the card fits totally within the cover when the cover is in the first position, wherein the cover includes a plurality of openings shaped and positioned to expose the second set of contacts on the circuit card when the cover is in the first position.