Patent ID: 7383992
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A memory card device comprising: a housing; a permanent memory within the housing; a first external interface on the housing, wherein the first external interface conforms to a memory card standard; a second external interface on the housing, wherein the second external interface conforms to a host connector standard; an internal interface in the housing that conforms to a micro-memory card standard, wherein a micro-memory card can be inserted into the internal interface, read by another device when the first external interface is connected to the other device, and read by a host computer when the second external interface is connected to the host computer, and wherein the permanent memory within the housing can be read by the other device via the first external interface and read by the host device via the second external interface even when the micro-memory card is not inserted into the internal interface; and a controller that controls the first external interface, the second external interface, the internal interface, and access to the permanent memory, wherein when the micro-memory card is inserted into the internal interface, the controller partitions the permanent memory and a memory of the micro-memory card so that a user can determine where data should be stored.