Abstract: A method to identify a shake gesture using an electronic device. The electronic device reads reference acceleration values from an accelerometer of the electronic device when a user shakes the electronic device to establish the shake gesture. The electronic device generates the shake gesture by a sorting algorithm according to the reference acceleration values and associates the shake gesture with an application. The electronic device starts the application corresponding to the shake gesture.

Abstract: A method for controlling electronic devices using a handheld device, one or more electronic devices are searched in a current location. The method obtains configuration documents of different locations from a storage device of the handheld device, determines a configuration document which has the most quantity or ratio of the searched electronic devices, and obtains an indicating direction of the handheld device. The method further compares the indicating direction of the handheld device with a display direction of each of electronic devices recorded in the determined configuration document, determines a matched electronic device corresponding to the indicating direction of the handheld device, and controls the matched electronic device to perform corresponding functions according to movement data or touch operations of the handheld device.