Patent ID: 8359432
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A system for communicating data between removable storage media devices, the system comprising: a first removable storage media device, the first removable storage media device comprising an adapter; a second removable storage media device, the second removable storage media device comprising a complementary adapter; the first and second removable storage media devices each configured to be plugged into a mobile electronic device, wherein the mobile electronic device comprises one of a mobile cellular phone handset, personal digital assistant (PDA), pager, MP3 player, and digital camera; the first removable storage media device configured to be physically and communicatively coupled to the second removable storage media device by means of the adapter and the complementary adapter; wherein one or both of the first removable storage media device and the second removable storage media device comprise a battery power source and providing the other removable storage media device with electrical power from the battery power source when the first removable storage media device is physically and communicatively coupled to the second removable storage media device; wherein one or both of the first removable storage media device and the second removable storage media device comprise a plurality of Universal Serial Bus (USB) adapters, to enable physically coupling the one or both of the first removable storage media device and the second removable storage media device; wherein at least a portion of the contents of the first removable storage media device is communicated to the second removable storage media device when the first removable storage media device is physically and communicatively coupled to the second removable storage media device; wherein the at least a portion of the contents of the first removable storage media device that is communicated to the second removable storage media device is digitally signed using a digital certificate that is available or installed in the first removable storage media device; and wherein the digitally signed at least a portion of the contents of the first removable storage media device that is received by the second removable storage media device from the first removable storage media device is discarded if the second removable storage media device determines, based on the digital signature, that it is not authentic or it is corrupted.