Ad-hoc connection between electronic devices

A method comprising:

• allowing a user of an apparatus to provide user input to a currently selected foreground application;
• detecting, by the apparatus, via an RFID chip, a mobile device in close proximity to the apparatus independently of the foreground application;
• causing, by the apparatus, establishment of a wireless communication channel, via at least one of a wireless short-range communication technology chip or a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) chip, with the mobile device in response to receiving information regarding the detected mobile device from the RFID chip indicating that the mobile device is in close proximity to the apparatus while a particular application of the apparatus is currently selected as a foreground application to receive user input and a user input via the user interface to transmit one or more user-selected files associated with the foreground application to the detected mobile device via the communication channel, wherein the communication channel is configured to enable transfer of the one or more files associated with the foreground application, and wherein the link creation portion is further configured to, after the mobile device has moved beyond being in close proximity to the apparatus, cause termination of the existing wireless communication channel in response to receiving from the RFID chip subsequent information regarding the mobile device with which the apparatus is connected via the existing wireless communication channel, wherein the receiving from the RFID chip of subsequent information regarding the mobile device with which the apparatus is connected is indicative of the mobile device and the apparatus being in close proximity to each other.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable program code stored thereon, which when executed by a processor causes an apparatus to perform:

• allowing a user of the apparatus to provide user input to a currently selected foreground application;
• detecting, via an RFID chip, a mobile device in close proximity to the apparatus independently of the foreground application;
• causing establishment of a wireless communication channel, via at least one of a wireless short-range communication technology chip or a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) chip, with the mobile device in response to receiving information regarding the detected mobile device from the RFID chip indicating that the mobile device is in close proximity to the apparatus while a particular application of the apparatus is currently selected as a foreground application to receive user input and a user input via the user interface to transmit one or more user-selected files associated with the foreground application to the detected mobile device via the communication channel, wherein the communication channel is configured to enable transfer of the one or more files associated with the foreground application, and wherein the link creation portion is further configured to, after the mobile device has moved beyond being in close proximity to the apparatus, cause termination of the existing wireless communication channel in response to receiving from the RFID chip subsequent information regarding the mobile device with which the apparatus is connected via the existing wireless communication channel, wherein the receiving from the RFID chip of subsequent information regarding the mobile device with which the apparatus is connected is indicative of the mobile device and the apparatus being in close proximity to each other.