Patent ID: 8788947
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A file transfer method, operative in a mobile computing device having a display interface that supports gesture-based control operations, comprising: displaying, on the display interface, a first view that includes a representation of a file system; after receipt of data indicating a first gesture on the display interface requesting a copy or move operation with respect to a resource in the file system, the first gesture occurring in association with the first view, automatically minimizing the first view and displaying, on the display interface, a second view distinct from the first view, the second view including a reduced version of the first view together with an overview of one or more target devices; automatically activating and displaying, in an initial position, and as an overlay in the second view, a representation of the resource for which the copy or move operation has been requested, the initial position being one that does not overlie the one or more target devices shown in the second view, the representation adapted to be selectively positioned in the second view using a gesture after it is automatically activated and displayed in the initial position; upon receipt of data indicating a second gesture on the display interface that has caused the representation to be moved from the initial position and positioned over an available transfer location within a target device, completing the copy or move operation.