Hi George,
While I dont have an direct answer for your question, I do have some tidbits
to offer.
If you recall, Docomo has come out with two previous location-sensitive
products in the past (that I am aware of). The P-doco pager and the
Doraephone were the first such devices using the PHS network. The service
was quite simple- a user had to call in to docomo and ask for the current
location of the device (granpa or junior wandering off) and the operator
would faxback a map with the most current location. These were early
products that were simple and effective. PHS hadsets are easy to localize
as they serve on a network that is built around local networks. PDC/ CDMA
on the other hand are a bit more tricky.
I recall that a company called i-map-fan makes map location services for
imode with its location sensitive solutions is one of the better maket
leaders at the moment. I would imagine they could be quite useful for
gathering information.
Incidentally, I remeber way back when I was at a makuhari messe event and I
asked one of the Docomo people about how and if they would implement
location agents through i-mode. the guy told me that while the
manufacturers like panasonic were having visions of bluetooth, docomo was
going to wait until java came into play.
Hope this helps,
-George Ruiz
jr2677a@hotmail.com
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> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:56:50 +0900
> From: george baptista <george@omame.com>
> Subject: Location Agent info?
>
> Hiya,
> Anybody have more info about that new DoCoMo location services
> company, Location Agent, besides the generic press releases
> already floating around?
>
> ciao,
> george
>
> -----------------------------------
> George Baptista george@omame.com
> http://www.omame.com
>
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