Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Oleksii Mokhonko

Sun-Kyung Kim

Andriy Fisunenko

Sergey Pometun

Andrii Marchenko

Vitalii Tymchyshyn

Igor Kryvoruchko

Oleksiy Kasitskiy

A mobile device and methods for sharing content are provided. The mobile device includes a communicator configured to communicate with at least one external device; and a controller configured to control decryption of encrypted content that is shared with the at least one external device, in response to determining that the mobile device is located within a proximate spacing of the at least one external device.

Mobile device and method of sharing content

Methods and apparatus are provided for operating a close proximity communication channel based on a gesture. A gesture event is generated on a touch screens of a portable terminal. The portable terminal includes a close proximity communication module. The portable terminal generates a context message corresponding to the gesture event. The context message is transmitted to at least one other portable terminal. The close proximity communication channel is established based on the context message.

Method of operating gesture based communication channel and portable terminal system for supporting the same

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Kyiv, Ukraine

Oleksii Mokhonko