Patent ID: 9692869
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a processor and a memory comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: receive gesture data resulting from a physical user gesture associated with a first device and a second device; extract from the gesture data first and second straight-line distances between respective entry points and exit points of the physical user gesture on a touchscreen of the first device; extract from the gesture data third and fourth straight-line distances between respective entry points and exit points of the physical user gesture on a touchscreen of the second device; determine a number of pixels along the first and second distances and a number of pixels along the third and fourth distances; compare a first ratio of the number of pixels along the first and third distances to a second ratio of the number of pixels along the second and fourth distances; and initiate a communicative coupling between the first device and the second device based on the comparison.