Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Detect the type of remote device
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:52:12 +0100

Hi Pedro,

> While using the BlueZ API's we have discovered that it's difficult to
> find which kind of device (brand and model) we are talking to. We are
> writing an application that delivers an image to any device passing
> by, taking into account its screen width, height and color depth, but
> without any prior knowledge of the device.
> 
> Using WAP we have access to the HTTP headers from where you can parse
> the User Agent Profile (UAProf), but we have not found any similar
> function in Bluetooth. In fact, there is the PnPInformation Profile,
> but nowadays is supported in very few devices.
> 
> Is there any function or mechanism to retrieve the UAProf data (or
> anything similar) using the BlueZ library?

actually the PnP stuff is available in Bluetooth and it is called Device
ID, but there are not a lot of devices that supports this.

Regards

Marcel


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