Patent ID: 7110761

Claim:
A method for controlling an electronic device comprising: pointing physically using a pointing device at a link device in order to create a wireless data transmission connection between the pointing device and the link device; transferring identification data between the pointing device and the link device along the created data transmission connection; forming a first association between the identification data of the pointing device and the identification data of the link device; forming a second association between the identification data of the user of the pointing device and the identification data of the electronic device to be controlled communicating with the link device, the second association being based on the first association, on a third association between the identification data of the pointing device stored in a database and the identification data of the user, and on a fourth association between the identification data of the link device stored in a database and the identification data of the electronic device to be controlled; and transferring control data between the pointing device and the electronic device to be controlled utilizing the information in the associations.