Comments on: Set my location free http://blog.agrawals.org/2007/03/17/set-my-location-free/ Rocky Agrawal's blog on search, wireless, maps and Web 2.0 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:08:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Flickr launches browser-based geolocation « reDesign mobile http://blog.agrawals.org/2007/03/17/set-my-location-free/#comment-25273 Flickr launches browser-based geolocation « reDesign mobile Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:17:12 +0000 http://blog.agrawals.org/2007/03/17/set-my-location-free/#comment-25273 [...] in mobile since the launch of iPhone 3G. It wasn’t long ago that I wrote asking carriers to set my location free. In principles of mobile design, I wrote “Don’t create an app if you don’t have [...] [...] in mobile since the launch of iPhone 3G. It wasn’t long ago that I wrote asking carriers to set my location free. In principles of mobile design, I wrote “Don’t create an app if you don’t have [...]

]]> By: Sprint sets location free - sort of « reDesign http://blog.agrawals.org/2007/03/17/set-my-location-free/#comment-10141 Sprint sets location free - sort of « reDesign Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:09:23 +0000 http://blog.agrawals.org/2007/03/17/set-my-location-free/#comment-10141 [...] fall shorts of what I wrote in “Set my location free” or what the WHERE platform provides. My read is that the location will only be accessible to the [...] [...] fall shorts of what I wrote in “Set my location free” or what the WHERE platform provides. My read is that the location will only be accessible to the [...]

]]> By: Kevin Kiley http://blog.agrawals.org/2007/03/17/set-my-location-free/#comment-10122 Kevin Kiley Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:43:14 +0000 http://blog.agrawals.org/2007/03/17/set-my-location-free/#comment-10122 Rocky... The carriers are no longer part of the equation when it comes to LBS ( Location Based Services ). The 5o9 software has been able to add any/all relevant LBS information to ALL Mobile client HTTP requests for almost a year now. Check it out. Adding LBS information to client requests totally bypasses the carriers ( and does more than they could ever do even if they wanted to ). Rocky…
The carriers are no longer part of the equation when it comes to LBS ( Location Based Services ).
The 5o9 software has been able to add any/all relevant
LBS information to ALL Mobile client HTTP requests for almost a year now. Check it out.
Adding LBS information to client requests totally bypasses the carriers ( and does more than they could ever do even if they wanted to ).

]]> By: Peter Cranstone http://blog.agrawals.org/2007/03/17/set-my-location-free/#comment-10117 Peter Cranstone Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:59:43 +0000 http://blog.agrawals.org/2007/03/17/set-my-location-free/#comment-10117 Rocky, >> That GPS chip in the phone you just bought? More likely than not, you can’t access the location it finds. YES YOU CAN... and we're doing it live in real time. We have a set of developer API's that you can use to deliver real time location based information to your web server. We have live demo's running that show you real time local search based off GPS data received from your mobile device. Here's the magic. We figured out how to embed the GPS signal from the mobile device inside the outgoing HTTP request headers so they can be sent to ANY web server. We then invented Mod_LBS which intercepts those headers (decrypts them) and then bingo you have someone's location information. We can also deliver mobile coupons based on a customer current location and in response to a search request. Everything you need to know is on our web site http://www.5o9inc.com All the best, Peter Rocky,

>> That GPS chip in the phone you just bought? More likely than not, you can’t access the location it finds.

YES YOU CAN… and we’re doing it live in real time. We have a set of developer API’s that you can use to deliver real time location based information to your web server.

We have live demo’s running that show you real time local search based off GPS data received from your mobile device.

Here’s the magic. We figured out how to embed the GPS signal from the mobile device inside the outgoing HTTP request headers so they can be sent to ANY web server. We then invented Mod_LBS which intercepts those headers (decrypts them) and then bingo you have someone’s location information.

We can also deliver mobile coupons based on a customer current location and in response to a search request.

Everything you need to know is on our web site http://www.5o9inc.com

All the best,

Peter

]]> By: WHERE in the world am I? « reDesign http://blog.agrawals.org/2007/03/17/set-my-location-free/#comment-10114 WHERE in the world am I? « reDesign Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:18:45 +0000 http://blog.agrawals.org/2007/03/17/set-my-location-free/#comment-10114 [...] 17th, 2007 I needed to get out my rant about carriers locking up location services before I talk about WHERE. (They refer to themselves in all caps, and because I like the service, [...] [...] 17th, 2007 I needed to get out my rant about carriers locking up location services before I talk about WHERE. (They refer to themselves in all caps, and because I like the service, [...]

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