Data storage module comprising multiple storage medium components
AssigneeI.D.E.A.L. Technology Corporation
InventorsJordan S. Jacobs, Joseph A. Hock, Anthony L. Awtrey
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a data storage module for use with and insertion into a bay of a computer. The module may comprise a casing that has a first end and a second end. The module also includes two or more storage medium components contained within said casing, wherein said two or more storage medium components are physically isolated from each other. This enables the provision of two separate storage medium components with different operating systems or user information and/or data to be provided on a single hardware module.
Claims36
A data storage module that is insertable into and removable out of an externally accessible bay of a computer, said module comprising
- a casing comprising a first end and a second end;
- two or more storage medium components contained at least partially within said casing, wherein said two or more storage medium components are physically separated from each other;
- and
- at least one jack on at least one of either said first or second ends for communicatingly connecting said data storage module to said computer;
- wherein said casing and said at least one jack are sized and configured for positioning within said bay such that at least twenty percent of said data storage module, including said at least one jack, is contained within said bay when communicatingly connected to said computer.
A computer system comprising a display, a keyboard, a bay for holding a removable data storage module and a removable data storage module positioned within said bay, said removable data storage module comprising a casing comprising a first end and a second end;
- two or more storage medium components contained at least partially within said casing, wherein said two or more storage medium components are physically isolated from each other;
- and at least one jack on at least one of either said first or second ends for communicatingly connecting said data storage module to said computer;
- wherein said casing and said at least one jack are sized and configured for positioning within said bay such that at least twenty percent of said data storage module, including said at least one jack, is contained within said bay when communicatingly connected to said computer.
A self-encased data storage module comprising a casing having a first end and a second end;
- two or more storage medium components contained within said casing, wherein said two or more storage medium components are physically separated from each other;
- and a first jack disposed on said first end and a second jack disposed on said second end for communicatingly connecting said first storage medium component or said second storage medium component, respectively, to a computer.
A self-encased data storage module that is insertable into and removable out of an externally accessible bay of a computer, said module comprising
- a casing comprising a first end and a second end, said casing sized and configured for positioning within said bay;
- a first and second storage medium components contained within said casing, wherein said two or more storage medium components are physically separated from each other;
- and
- a first and second jack situated on at least one of either said first or second ends for communicatingly connecting said data storage module to said computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.