Patent ID: 8771077

Claim:
A computer program product, comprising: the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer useable storage medium to store a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform operations for selecting first and second gaming profiles at a video gaming console of a gaming system based on a position of first and second wireless devices relative to a position of first and second gaming controllers, wherein the gaming controllers are handheld electronic devices to provide user input to the video gaming console, the operations comprising: communicate with the first wireless device associated with the first gaming profile of the gaming system, wherein the first wireless device is a separate device from the first and second gaming controllers; communicating with the second wireless device associated with the second gaming profile of the gaming system, wherein the second wireless device is a separate device from the first and second gaming controllers; detect a position of the first wireless device and the second wireless device; detect a position of the first gaming controller and the second gaming controller; and identify the first gaming profile for accessing with the first gaming controller at the video gaming console and the second gaming profile for accessing with the second gaming controller at the video gaming console in response to the position of each of the first and second wireless devices relative to the position of each of the first and second gaming controllers.