Patent ID: 7445156

Claim:
A data management device for organizing a plurality of data storage media, the device comprising: a device body; a plurality of receptacles being disposed on the device body, each receptacle defining a width and a longitudinal depth, each receptacle being sized and configured to removably receive a data storage medium therein, each receptacle having a data communications connector for accessing data contained on the respective data storage medium when the data storage medium is in an engaged position within the receptacle; an electrical connector being disposed on the device body and having at least one integrated circuit device being electrically coupled with the data communications connectors of each of the plurality of receptacles, the electrical connector enabling a computing device to electronically access the data contained on the respective data storage medium; a power management circuit being electrically coupled to the receptacles to selectively allocate electrical power to a given one of the plurality of receptacles without providing the electrical power to another one of the plurality of receptacles.