Electronic media distribution system
View Patent ↗A portable media storage device is provided. The device includes persistent digital storage programmed to contain digital media content. Two or more connectors of different types can be provided for engagement with a variety of electronic reader devices. The media storage devices can be sold at retail, alongside alternative traditional formats for consumption of the same media.
1. An apparatus for the conveyance of digital media comprising: a housing serving as a protective enclosure to electronic components contained within it; a storage device receptacle enabling alternate engagement and disengagement of a persistent storage device containing electronic media content; a first connector adapted for connection to a digital communications receptacle in an electronic reader device and for communication of contents of the persistent storage device with said electronic reader device when said persistent storage device is engaged within said storage device receptacle; a second connector, of a different physical type from the first connector, adapted for connection to a digital communications receptacle in an electronic reader device and for communication of contents of the persistent storage device with said electronic reader device when said persistent storage device is engaged within said storage device receptacle.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , in which said persistent storage device is an SD card.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , in which said first connector is a USB connector, and said second connector is a micro USB connector.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , in which said storage device receptacle comprises a slot in an exterior surface of said housing into which said persistent storage device can be at least partially inserted.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , in which:
said persistent storage device comprises a storage device magnet positioned towards a leading edge of said storage device; said storage device receptacle enables insertion of said persistent storage device wholly within a perimeter of said housing; said apparatus further comprises a housing magnet moveably retained within said housing.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , in which said housing magnet is moveable between at least a first position proximate said storage device magnet when said storage device is inserted within said housing, and a second position further from said storage device magnet when said storage device is inserted within said housing.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising a groove within said housing along which said housing magnet can be moved between the first and second positions.
8. The apparatus of claim 5 , in which said housing magnet is moveable between a first polarity in which said housing magnet attracts said storage device magnet, and a second polarity in which said housing magnet repels said storage device magnet.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , in which the housing further comprises a cover which can be removed to expose said storage device receptacle, and attached to enclose said storage device receptacle.