Return-Path: Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:33:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Carter To: BlueZ development In-Reply-To: <307f591f0710301305n410b8ebds4fa399dd0a518840@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <307f591f0710301305n410b8ebds4fa399dd0a518840@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] multi-frequency scanning & possible contract work Reply-To: BlueZ development List-Id: BlueZ development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Paul Huber wrote: > I need to use a directional antenna focused on an area about 6 meters x 6 > meters that can scan for Bluetooth mobile phones as they pass through the > area, and identify them very quickly. It's for a new startup business > that's focusing on a retail application running on an embedded Linux box. Since you're using non-provincial units I assume you're in the European Union, but in the USA there's a specific reg forbidding cellphone spam. Pro-actively dialling the customer's phone could well give a hostile impression. A customer-initiated interaction such as WAP is a lot more polite, but the shopkeeper would want to make it available to everyone including those looking through the window. If the technical and regulatory issues can be straightened out, it would be very valuable to both the customer and the business to provide a product search feature, tech specs for products, etc. All the advantages of online shopping, but you can look at the physical product and buy it on the spot. James F. Carter Voice 310 825 2897 FAX 310 206 6673 UCLA-Mathnet; 6115 MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA, USA 90095-1555 Email: jimc@math.ucla.edu http://www.math.ucla.edu/~jimc (q.v. for PGP key) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel