Re: Proximity alarm interface

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Steve Block <steveblock@google.com> wrote:
>> Not sure I fully understand this: how would the UA know it got close
>> to the relevant location solely by looking at WiFi and CellIDs?
> I guess an intial request to the server could return a set of
> interesting WiFi and Cell IDs. The device doesn't need to contact the
> server again until it sees one of these.
>

Yep, that would work, assuming there is some service that provides the
reverse (lat, long, radius) -> (cellIDs, WiFi APs) mapping. And you'd
still have to be scanning for WiFi constantly, even if the device
would otherwise go to sleep.

Andrei

Received on Wednesday, 29 June 2011 13:14:21 UTC