Patent ID: 8181226
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring an active content transmitting session from a first communications device to a second communications device comprising: engaging in an active session with the first communications device, wherein the first communications device comprises a mobile wireless device; providing a computer-executable program module configured, by a user, to run on the first communications device; identifying, by the computer-executable program module and without further input from the user, a second communications device in proximity to the first communications device, the second communications device having a short-range protocol communication activated; sending, by the computer-executable program module, in response to identifying the second communications device in proximity to the first communications device and without further input from the user, a session transfer initiation message from the first communications device directly to the second communications device using the short-range protocol; initiating a session transfer application in the second communications device responsive to receiving the session transfer initiation message sent from the first communications device directly to the second communications device using the short-range protocol; transferring at least a portion of the active session to the second communications device directly between the first communications device and the second communications device over the short-range protocol connection; and terminating the session on the first communications device.