Patent ID: 7724705

Claim:
A method of initiating a wireless transfer of data between at least two of at least two electronic devices, said method comprising at a first one of said electronic devices: detecting a hugging state between said first electronic device and a second one of said electronic devices, a hugging state being assumed to be given if said first electronic device and said second electronic device are determined to undergo a specific motion pattern relative to each other while being at least in close vicinity to each other, wherein said detecting a hugging state comprises: opening a polling channel as a local wireless link of said first electronic device; transmitting signals on said polling channel and receiving signals on said polling channel; and determining whether said first electronic device is in a hugging state with a corresponding second electronic device by evaluating data measured by said first device and signals received via said polling channel; and opening a data transfer channel as a local wireless link of said first electronic device for transferring data between said first electronic device and another than said first one of said electronic devices, when it has been detected that said first electronic device is in a hugging state with a second one of said electronic devices.