<div dir="ltr">A WiFi card set to "monitor mode" comes to mind... <div><br></div><div>A friend and I are experimenting with using a Raspberry Pi with a WiFi dongle attached, sniffing for MAC addresses. AFAIK, the user would not need to hook up to a specific network. So you end up having a solution that doesn't require much user intervention for it to work. Uses less battery life than bluetooth, and likely the user's WiFi is probably already switched on (if they have a phone with that ability). </div><div><br></div><div>Something to think about... If you're interested in something like that, send me an email. Maybe we could work on this together.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Thank you,<div><br></div><div>Brian Foster</div><div>Project Manager/Owner's Representative</div><div>Davri Investments, Incorporated</div><div>P: +1-317-787-2686</div><div>M: +1-317-600-9753</div><div>Indianapolis, Indiana</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:22 PM, Guillermo Ruiz Camauer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:grcamauer@gmail.com" target="_blank">grcamauer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Good observation regarding Bluetooth. I was looking for a solution that did not require a cell phone (just a Bluetooth fob). Any another indoor tracking technology come to mind?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
<br>
Guillermo<br>
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> On 20/1/2015, at 22:32, Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz <<a href="mailto:luis.daniel.lucio@gmail.com">luis.daniel.lucio@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Guillermo,<br>
><br>
> I dont think bluethood will work on your need. Reason is that Bt has 1<br>
> to 1 relationship. This means, you need as many BT radios as many<br>
> people are in the room. Putting 1 BT radio in a PC will work with<br>
> first hit, but second person wont be able to be detected.<br>
><br>
> I think best option is to install a softphone in your smartphone and<br>
> allow multiple registration. When dialing to your extension, it will<br>
> ring on your extension and on your smartphone as well.<br>
><br>
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> 2013-04-10 17:49 GMT-04:00 Guillermo Ruiz Camauer <<a href="mailto:grcamauer@gmail.com">grcamauer@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>> I don't want to hijack your thread, but since the subject matter is<br>
>> FollowMe, I would like to add that I am looking for something along the<br>
>> lines of:<br>
>><br>
>> A FollowMe that somehow knows what room you are in within a building and<br>
>> rings the nearest extension with a special ringtone which is assigned to<br>
>> each user.<br>
>> The "somehow" could be through a Bluetooth dongle attached to a PC in the<br>
>> room that detects the User's cell phone and updates a DB that FS has access<br>
>> to, or an Mobile Phone App that triangulates on WiFi Access Points and<br>
>> updates a DB, etc.<br>
>><br>
>> Has anyone heard of such a system? Experiences?<br>
>><br>
>> Thank you,<br>
>><br>
>> Guillermo Ruiz Camauer<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Brian Foster <<a href="mailto:bdfoster@davri.com">bdfoster@davri.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> I've been given an assignment. It's a little rough, and honestly I've been<br>
>>> working on other projects and at the same time loosing my freeswitch-fu. So,<br>
>>> here it goes.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Company owner wants to be able to implement a follow me function. He's<br>
>>> asking for the deskphones to begin ringing, then have cell phones ring N<br>
>>> seconds later WHILE the deskphones continue to ring. The function has to be<br>
>>> able to work using a couple different ways of dialing (we've got call groups<br>
>>> implemented,<br>
>>> <a href="http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/XML_User_Directory_Guide#Groups" target="_blank">http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/XML_User_Directory_Guide#Groups</a>). When the<br>
>>> mobile phone is answered, we need to be able to get some feedback from the<br>
>>> callee to figure out if they're human. We'll use AVMD to kill the call if it<br>
>>> detects a voicemail beep.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I've looked at several different examples on the wiki and mailing list,<br>
>>> and the only way I can figure out how to do it while keeping the<br>
>>> requirements in mind is to at some point resort to using Loopback (something<br>
>>> i didnt want to do).<br>
>>><br>
>>> Requirements are:<br>
>>> 1. Use a custom IVR/menu/something to get a confirmation from the callee<br>
>>> that they are human (while also keeping it available for customization he's<br>
>>> wanting a way to blacklist numbers on that same menu). So that rules out<br>
>>> group_confirm_file, etc.<br>
>>> 2. Use AVMD to kill the call if we detect the call was picked up by<br>
>>> voicemail.<br>
>>> 3. The custom IVR/menu/something isn't used on the deskphones<br>
>>> 4. Deskphones need to continue to ring after the external number leg is<br>
>>> started. I can't timeout the call on the deskphone then call the cell phone,<br>
>>> or call the deskphone, time it out, then call the deskphone and cell phone.<br>
>>> 5. It has to work on any type of calling method (so basically, if the<br>
>>> deskphone rings then eventually the cell phone needs to ring to if it's<br>
>>> assigned).<br>
>>><br>
>>> Has anyone done something similar, and if so, how did you do it?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thank you,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Brian Foster<br>
>>> Project Manager/Owner's Representative<br>
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