1. A method for transferring data, the method comprising: detecting, by a parent device, an initiating non-touch gesture physically performed by a user extremity towards the parent device; triggering, by the parent device, non-touch gesture recognition on one or more secondary devices based on the detecting; receiving an indication at the parent device that the non-touch gesture recognition of at least one device of the one or more secondary devices detected a completing non-touch gesture physically performed by the user extremity, the completing non-touch gesture pre-associated with the initiating non-touch gesture; upon the detection of the completing non-touch gesture by the at least one device of the one or more secondary devices, sending a non-touch gesture recognition deactivation message to other secondary devices to deactivate non-touch gesture recognition on the other secondary devices; and transferring data from the parent device to the at least one device in response to the received indication.