Patent ID: 6925410

Claim:
A device network having selectable target devices, said device network comprising: a controller device; one or more target devices in communication with said controller device; and one or more selecting devices, each of which is movable relative to said target devices, and includes: means for sensing position and orientation to provide data therefor; means for generating at least one control signal, incorporating said position and orientation data in response to a user input; and means for transmitting said control signals via at least one of a plurality of communication resources to said controller device; and wherein said controller device acquires and stores actual location information for each target device, and assesses correspondence of said position and orientation data with said actual location data, and if there is correspondence, outputs a control signal to select said target device to be operative; a pointing axis along which the selecting device is aligned when selecting the one or more target devices; and wherein the at least one of the selecting devices further includes pointing indicia for pointing to target devices in alignment to the pointing axis.