Patent ID: 9213480
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: detecting a first drag event, in a first direction, which occurs on a display of a device; determining, from the detected first drag event and direction information included in a message transmitted wirelessly to the device by a nearby device, that a second drag event has occurred on a display of the nearby device in a second direction that is substantially opposite to the first direction, wherein the first drag event and the second drag event correspond with a user performing a pinching motion; determining that the second drag event occurred during the first drag event; creating a join event in response to determining at least that the second drag event occurred on the display of the nearby device in the second direction substantially opposite to the first direction and that the second drag event occurred during the first drag event; and providing for transmission of the join event to the nearby device.