Patent ID: 7310692

Claim:
A memory card system, comprising: an enclosed electronic circuit card having first and second sets of electrical contacts with different contact patterns positioned apart from each other along a length of the card such that they mate with a respective one of first and second mating receptacles but not the other, at least the first set of contacts being carried by an outside surface of the card, a re-programmable non-volatile memory that is operably connected to transfer data between the memory and outside of the card with different signal protocols through either of the first or second sets of contacts without use of the other, and a cover carried by the card and rotatable by hand between at least first and second positions about an axis extending across a width of the card, the first set of contacts being covered when the cover is in the first position and exposed for insertion into the first mating receptacle when the cover is in the second position, wherein the axis of rotation moves with respect to the card as the cover is rotated between the first and second positions.