Transferring data by touch between touch-screen devices

A non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium, encoded with processor readable instructions to perform a method for transferring shareable files from a touch-screen device, the method comprising:

• identifying selected files as shareable files from detection of two or more fingers moving toward each other on, and then being removed from, the touch-screen device;
• establishing a network connection;
• sending sharing parameters over the network connection to a server to provide the server with the sharing parameters, the sharing parameters defining how the shareable files may be shared with other touch-screen apparatus;
• and
• transferring the sharable files to the server to enable the server to send the shareable files to other touch-screen apparatus that meet the sharing parameters;
• detecting a touch event involving two or more fingers on one of the other touch-screen apparatus that meets the sharing parameters;
• and
• transferring the sharable files from the server to the one of the other touch-screen apparatus that meets the sharing parameters,
• wherein the sharing parameters include a time period for detecting the touch event on the one of the other touch-screen apparatus that meets the sharing parameters.

A method for transferring shareable files from an initiating touch-screen apparatus to one or more accepting touch-screen apparatus, said method comprising:

• detecting a user motion of two or more fingers on a touch-screen of the initiating touch-screen apparatus identifying selected files as shareable files;
• establishing a network connection;
• sending sharing parameters over the network connection to a server to provide the server with the sharing parameters, the sharing parameters defining how the shareable files may be shared with other touch-screen apparatus;
• and
• transferring the sharable files to the server to enable the server to send the shareable files to the accepting touch-screen apparatus, wherein the accepting touch-screen apparatus comprises an apparatus that meets the sharing parameters;
• detecting a touch event involving two or more fingers on a touch-screen of the accepting touch-screen apparatus;
• and
• transferring the sharable files from the server to the accepting touch-screen apparatus,
• wherein the sharing parameters include a time period for detecting the touch event on the accepting touch-screen apparatus and a proximity between the initiating touch-screen apparatus and the accepting touch-screen apparatus.