Patent ID: 7523289

Claim:
A storage system comprising: at least one mobile random access storage device capable of storing first and second data; at least one docking station; the at least one docking station associated with an address wherein the address is identifiable by at least one consumer of data; a first and second sub-address associated with the at least one docking station wherein the first and second sub-addresses are identifiable by the at least one consumer of data; the first sub-address corresponding to a first virtual device adapted for storing the first data on a first virtual media; the second sub-address corresponding to a second virtual device adapted for storing the second data on a second virtual media wherein the second virtual media is a different media type from the first virtual media; and the at least one docking station adapted to be responsive to the consumer of data as available for storing the first data at the first sub-address and the second data at the second sub-address when the at least one docking station is operatively linked with the at least one mobile random access storage device.