Patent ID: 7817991

Claim:
A method of connecting at least two mobile devices together to enable the devices to share information across a wireless connection, the method comprising: opening a wireless connection protocol on each of the at least two mobile devices; proposing a shared wireless connection from a first one of the mobile devices to a second one of the mobile devices, the first mobile device having a first plurality of keys and the second mobile device having a second plurality of keys corresponding to the first plurality of keys, wherein proposing comprises: pressing a first key sequence on the first mobile device, the first key sequence comprising the first plurality of keys pressed in a first order; pressing a second key sequence on the second mobile device, the second key sequence comprising the second plurality of keys pressed in a second order; determining whether the first order of the first key sequence pressed on the first mobile device is the same as the second order of the second key sequence pressed on the second mobile device and determining whether the first and second key sequences were pressed substantially simultaneously; and determining whether to form the shared wireless connection, wherein the shared wireless connection is formed between the first and second mobile devices if the orders of the first and second key sequences are the same and the first and second key sequences were pressed substantially simultaneously; and transferring information between the connected mobile devices through the wireless connection.