Patent ID: 8151023
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: B42D

Abstract:
1. A hybrid storage apparatus for retaining printed content and storing digital content, the hybrid storage apparatus comprising: a loose-leaf ring binder including a front cover, a back cover, a spine connecting the front and back covers, and a plurality of rings configured to retain and release printed pages for containing the printed content generated by a user; and a storage device embedded within the spine, the storage device including: a housing comprising a rectangular parallelepiped structure attached to an inner surface of the spine and extending through the rings of the ring binder, a socket port comprising a recess in a face of the rectangular parallelepiped structure configured to detachably connect to a cable, which cable is separate from the hybrid storage apparatus and used for communicating with a host, and a non-volatile memory located within the housing and coupled to the socket port and configured for storing digital content, at least some of the digital content items being digital versions of the printed content generated by the user and wherein the socket port is configured to communicate the digital versions of the printed content to the host via the cable.