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Devices and methods for establishing a communicative coupling in response to a gesture

US9389691B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BlackBerry Limited · CA

Inventors

Dan Zacharias Gärdenfors · Malmö, SE
Mathias Lewin · Wright Lane, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 21, 2013
Grant date	Jul 12, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M2250/64
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device are disclosed, whereby the device can be a first electronic device. The first electronic device is adapted to be coupled to a second electronic device. The method comprises outputting, with the first device, a request to communicatively couple with a second device in response to a gesture performed with the first device. The second electronic device and method of operating it are also disclosed.

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