Patent ID: 8863006

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising using at least one processor to: receive a request to initiate an inter-service application, the inter-service application enabling transfer of an article via a network to one or more computing devices; access a contact list from a network application, the contact list including a plurality of contacts and a specific order of the contacts, the contact list restricting which contacts the article can be transferred to and the specific order describing an order in which the article is transferred to amongst respective computing devices associated with the contacts; initiate transfer of the article via the network from a first computing device associated with a first contact to a second computing device associated with a second contact non-adjacent to the first contact in the specific order, wherein the transfer of the article to the second computing device follows a trajectory movement selected by the first contact at the first computing device; send data for display, on each electronic display of the respective computing devices associated with the contacts, of the trajectory movement of the article via the network; initiate a timer; and on expiration of the timer, perform a termination sequence, wherein transfer of the article to the one or more computing devices is terminated and the article is displayed in a different format.