Patent ID: 6955292

Claim:
A media reader for a removable digital storage medium, comprising: a housing having at least a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; a media reading unit, contained within the housing, into which the removable digital storage medium is inserted for reading data contained thereon, the media reading unit having at least a proximal end adjacent the proximal end of the housing and a distal end opposite the proximal end of the media reading unit, the distal end having a connector for electrically connecting the media reading unit and the removable digital storage medium; a communication interface that provides communication between the media reader and a peripheral device; a manual manipulation unit for selecting a predetermined function to be communicated to the peripheral device via the communication interface, the manual manipulation unit being arranged within the housing between the connector of the media reading unit and the distal end portion of the housing, wherein the manual manipulation unit comprises a plurality of buttons each corresponding to a different predetermined function, and each of the plurality of buttons have different sizes based on frequency of use of the predetermined function corresponding to the respective button; and a controller communicating with the connector of the media reading unit, the manual manipulation unit, and the peripheral device via the communication interface, the controller detecting connection of the removable digital storage medium to the connector of the media reading unit, detecting selection of a predetermined function from the manual manipulation unit, and communicating a signal indicative of the selected predetermined function to the peripheral device via the communication interface.