Patent ID: 8312392
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06F,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing files among a mobile device and nearby computing devices, comprising: activating a file sharing functionality; discovering nearby computing devices within range of device discovery signals transmitted by the mobile device; establishing a wireless link with the discovered nearby computing devices; determining locations of the discovered nearby computing devices; detecting a file sharing gesture on a touch surface of the mobile device; determining whether the detected file sharing gesture includes a curved path; identifying a targeted computing device based on the detected file sharing gesture, wherein the targeted computing device comprises one of the discovered nearby computing devices that is positioned, relative to the mobile device, behind another one of the discovered nearby computing devices along a line of direction of the detected file sharing gesture, based upon the determination that the detected file sharing gesture includes a curved path; and transmitting a file sharing message to the targeted computing device.