Patent ID: 7165971

Claim:
A method for associating combat exercise object of a second type with at least one combat exercise object of a plurality of combat exercise objects of a first type in combat exercises, the method comprising: transmitting from each of the plurality of combat exercise objects of the first type a signal containing the identity of the combat exercise object; receiving the signals transmitted from the plurality of combat exercise objects of the first type at the combat exercise object of the second type; and analyzing the received signals, whereupon the combat exercise object of the second type is associated with at least one preferred combat exercise object of the first type based on the signal analysis; wherein any previous association of the combat exercise object of the second type with combat exercise objects of the first type is taken into account in the associating process; and wherein the signal analysis is performed by generating, for each combat exercise object of the first type, a quality factor that includes a measurement of a received signal quality from each combat exercise object, plus, at least for a combat exercise object of the first type most recently associated with the second combat exercise object, a bonus value belonging to the combat exercise object, and associating the combat exercise object of the first type with a most advantageous quality factor with the combat exercise object of the second type.