Patent ID: 8123564

Claim:
An apparatus for connecting a computing device to different types of mobile devices, comprising: an enclosure; a USB hub within the enclosure; a plurality of mobile device cables within the enclosure, each mobile device cable coupled to the USB hub and connectable to a different type of mobile device; a USB cable within the enclosure, the USB cable coupled to the USB hub and connectable to a computing device to extract data from a mobile device coupled to one of the plurality of mobile device cables; a plurality of multimedia card readers within the enclosure, each multimedia card reader coupled to the USB hub and connectable to a different type of multimedia card such that a computing device coupled to the USB cable can extract data from a multimedia card coupled to one of the plurality of multimedia card readers; and a cover coupled to the enclosure, the cover moving between an open position exposing the plurality of multimedia card readers and a closed position enclosing the plurality of multimedia card readers in the enclosure behind the cover.