Memory card holder and organizer

Abstract

A memory card holder and organizer is disclosed providing consumers with a compact, convenient, and complete solution to organize their flash memory cards and catalog the contents of each memory card. An individual memory card holder includes a piece of paper, cardboard or other stock to which is affixed a memory card pocket for holding a memory card. The stock further includes an indexing space next to the memory card pocket, which indexing space may have lines printed on the stock for a user to provide a description of the contents of the memory card stored in the pocket. One or more individual memory card holders may be stored within pockets on a folio panel, or page. The card holders may be on a front surface of a folio page, and the back surface may have a corresponding number of pockets for storing print-outs or other information contained on or related to the contents of the memory card within the corresponding pocket on the front surface of the folio.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]Embodiments of the present invention relate to a memory card holder and organizer.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]The strong growth in demand for portable consumer electronics is driving the need for high-capacity storage devices. Non-volatile semiconductor memory devices are becoming widely used to meet the ever-growing demands on digital information storage and exchange. Such devices, referred to herein in general as memory cards, include for example an SD Card, a Pico Card, a Compact Flash, a Smart Media Card, a Mini SD Card, an MMC, an RS-MMC, an xD Card, a Transflash memory card, a Memory Stick, a Subscriber Identity Module card (SIM card), and the like. Their size, portability, and rugged design, along with their high reliability and large storage capacity, have made memory cards ideal for use in a wide variety of electronic devices, including for example digital cameras, digital music players, video ...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]The present invention, roughly described, relates to a memory card holder and organizer providing consumers with a compact, convenient, and complete solution to organize their flash memory cards and catalog the contents of each memory card. Embodiments of the invention provide an individual memory card holder including a piece of paper, cardboard or other stock to which is affixed a memory card pocket for holding a memory card. The stock further includes an indexing space next to the memory card pocket, which indexing space may have lines printed on the stock for a user to provide a description of the contents of the memory card stored in the pocket.

[0007]The individual memory card holder provides greater flexibility than do currently known multiple card holders. The individual card holder provides consumers with a standalone piece that can simply be inserted into a wallet, organizer, scrapbook, business card holder, or otherwise easily shared with others. The card holder may be used with photos returned from a photo lab. In a further embodiment, the individual card holder may be a traditional business card, with a memory card pocket on its rear surface.

Problems solved by technology

However, their size also has a drawback in that memory cards are easily misplaced.

Their size makes it difficult to mark individual memory cards to allow the individual to distinguish one from another and label the contents stored on each card.

First, the known carriers are integrated cases that do not allow for expansion.

If a case is full, a user may not augment it to carry additional memory cards.

Second, the existing solutions do not allow for exchange of individual identified cards.

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