Patent ID: 8381987
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a portable memory card that conforms to a size, shape, and connection interface of an industry-standard memory card, the portable memory card comprising edges, and a support holding the portable memory card, the support comprising grooves that engage the edges of the portable memory card, the portable memory card being smaller than the support, and at least some dimensions of the support being similar to a shape and size of an industry-standard credit card, the support having a leading edge and being insertable with the portable memory card into a receptacle leading edge first along an insertion direction, the insertion direction being different from a direction along which the leading edge extends, the inserted support having the connection interface of the memory card mated with a corresponding connection interface of the receptacle, and the support having an alignment slot that opens at the leading edge and extends into the support along a direction opposite to the insertion direction.