Patent ID: 7222212

Claim:
A virtual universal serial bus (USB) card reader with a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) Express interface, comprising: a microcontroller, having a memory card interface for converting data into a memory card format, a PCI Express interface for converting data into a PCI Express bus format, and a virtual USB module, and said virtual USB module comprises a USB host for receiving a USB instruction given by a host and a USB device for completing the execution of said USB instruction; a memory card connecting interface, being coupled to said microcontroller and provided for connecting a memory card; a PCI Express connecting interface, being coupled to a PCI Express bus disposed in said host, and provided for coupling said microcontroller; such that when said host stores or reads data into/from said memory card coupled to said memory card connecting interface, said microcontroller of said card reader will declare to said host that said card reader is a USB host, and an USB instruction given from said host will be sent to said virtual USB module and the execution of said USB instruction will be completed by said virtual USB module, and said data in said memory card coupled to said memory card connecting interface will be processed according to said USB instruction, and said data will be converted by said memory card interface or said PCI Express interface installed in said microcontroller into a data format acceptable by said memory card or said PCI Express bus, and then said data will be sent to said host or stored in said memory card.