A method for controlling a host device (105, 500) for at least one mobile device (501, 505, 603, 608, 617) comprising the steps of: - determination of a current position of said at least one mobile device with respect to an interaction surface of the host device by means of at least one electrical signal induced by at least one inductive magnetic field in at least an electrical circuit of the host device associated with said interaction surface, said determination of a current position comprising determining a position of each of a plurality of location modules (604, 605, 624-627) of said at least one mobile device, said location modules being sequentially activated to generate an inductive magnetic field for inducing an electrical signal in said at least one electrical circuit, each of said location modules being associated with a different interaction surface (613-616, 618-623, 629, 630) of said at least one mobile device and comprising a solenoid (631, 632) having a radial axis perpendicular to the associated interaction surface of said at least one mobile device, - recording of said current position in a position history, said position history comprising a set of positions of said at least one mobile device over a sliding time window, - comparison, by means of said history, of an evolution of the position of said at least one mobile device with respect to the interaction surface of the host station with at least one reference evolution diagram, said reference evolution diagram being associated with at least one reference movement of the mobile device with respect to the interaction surface of the host station, and - triggering of a command of the host station based on said reference movement, if said evolution corresponds to said reference movement, - wherein said position comprises: - a distance between the mobile device and said interaction surface of the host device, - a coordinate of the mobile device in a frame of reference associated with said interaction surface of the host device, and - an orientation of the mobile device along an axis orthogonal to said interaction surface of the host device. - determination of a current position of said at least one mobile device with respect to an interaction surface of the host device by means of at least one electrical signal induced by at least one inductive magnetic field in at least an electrical circuit of the host device associated with said interaction surface, said determination of a current position comprising determining a position of each of a plurality of location modules (604, 605, 624-627) of said at least one mobile device, said location modules being sequentially activated to generate an inductive magnetic field for inducing an electrical signal in said at least one electrical circuit, each of said location modules being associated with a different interaction surface (613-616, 618-623, 629, 630) of said at least one mobile device and comprising a solenoid (631, 632) having a radial axis perpendicular to the associated interaction surface of said at least one mobile device, - recording of said current position in a position history, said position history comprising a set of positions of said at least one mobile device over a sliding time window, - comparison, by means of said history, of an evolution of the position of said at least one mobile device with respect to the interaction surface of the host station with at least one reference evolution diagram, said reference evolution diagram being associated with at least one reference movement of the mobile device with respect to the interaction surface of the host station, and - triggering of a command of the host station based on said reference movement, if said evolution corresponds to said reference movement, - wherein said position comprises: - a distance between the mobile device and said interaction surface of the host device, - a coordinate of the mobile device in a frame of reference associated with said interaction surface of the host device, and - an orientation of the mobile device along an axis orthogonal to said interaction surface of the host device.