Patent ID: 8310447

Claim:
A method for controlling a pointing icon in a computer, comprising the steps of: (A) establishing a wireless connection between a pointing device and said computer; (B) generating (i) directional information and (ii) computer task information in addition to said directional information, both in response to one or more three dimensional movements of said pointing device, wherein (i) said three dimensional movements are detected using one or more accelerometers located inside said pointing device and (ii) said directional information and said computer task information are both generated in response to the same one or more three dimensional movements; (C) transmitting said directional information from said pointing device to said computer; (D) translating said directional information into movements of said pointing icon on a screen of said computer using a device driver program stored on said computer; and (E) translating said computer task information into a command to perform a specific task on said computer.