(keitai-l) Re: (BIZ) Bar Codes, Keitai and m-Commerce

I proposed putting barcode scanners into mobile phones,
(which was almost certainly not a new idea at the time -
I tend to "invent" things about six months after someone
else's patent filing.)  BarPoint seems to be mostly just
a way to look up products via UPC - at best, half the
formula.

barpoint.com could, of course, make use of a UPC number
entered by any such scanner.  I think the real added
value would come with making it location-based - put in
a UPC (ideally by scanning, for convenience), get back
the nearest places you could buy the item, together
with prices at those venues.  I.e., instant answers to
the question "Could I buy this cheaper somewhere
nearby?"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jeudy, Olivier [AUDT] <olivier.jeudy@nssmb.com>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 9:37 AM
Subject: (keitai-l) (BIZ) Bar Codes, Keitai and m-Commerce


> If anyone of you remember Mike Turner's idea of m-commerce via bar code
> (~Oct-Nov 00).
> Well, here it is: http://www.barpoint.com/ <http://www.barpoint.com/> 
> 
> 
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