Patent ID: 8380225

Claim:
A method implemented by a mobile communications device, the method comprising: recognizing a gesture input via a touchscreen of the mobile communications device that is indicative of a direction and a selection of content displayed on the touchscreen; locating, at predetermined intervals, one or more other mobile communications devices that are positioned, approximately, along the indicated direction of the gesture, the locating based at least in part on data received from a server via a wireless network that indicates the location of the one or more other mobile communications devices, the data includes coordinates of the one or more other mobile communications devices; and the locating includes computing a relative location of the one or more other mobile communications devices to the mobile communications device using the data and coordinates of the mobile communications device; and responsive to determining that data describing locations of the one or more other mobile communications devices is up to date, forming a communication to transfer the content indicated by the gesture to the located one or more other mobile communications devices.