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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Carlos J. Gonzalez, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Edwin J. Cuellar, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert C. Miller, San Jose, CA (US);
Ronald Lapedis, San Bruno, CA (US);
Carlos J. Gonzalez, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Edwin J. Cuellar, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert C. Miller, San Jose, CA (US);
Ronald LaPedis, San Bruno, CA (US);
SanDisk Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A flash memory mass storage drive stores user files in a convenient credit card sized drive. Embodiments function as both a credit card and a mass storage drive. Communication may be through a host interface connector such as a USB connector, a magnetic interface, a smart card interface, and/or a near field communication interface. In certain embodiments the drive comprises a portion that is sufficiently thin to be swiped through a standard credit card, ATM, or point of sale device. The USB connector of the drive can easily be plugged into even a crowded receptacle of a host computing device.