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