Patent ID: 8659546

Claim:
A method for transferring digital content, comprising: defining, by an external detection device, a volume of space associated with a first device and a volume of space associated with a second device; creating, by the external detection device, a first recording, wherein the first recording comprises a first action being performed by a user, and wherein the first action is performed in the volume of space associated with the first device and without touching the first device; analyzing the first recording; interpreting, based on analyzing the first recording, the first action as a command to select state information of a software program residing in the first device; selecting, based on interpreting the first action, the state information of the software program residing in the first device; creating, by the external detection device and after creating the first recording, a second recording, wherein the second recording comprises a second action being performed by the user, and wherein the second action is performed in the volume of space associated with the second device and without touching the second device; analyzing the second recording; interpreting, based on analyzing the second recording, the second action as a command to transfer the state information from the first device to the second device; and transferring, based on interpreting second action, the state information of the software program to the second device.