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User IDentification and selective filtering in offline environment

At some point i was researching the topic related to WiFi advertising. It is clear that as soon as Google or someone else will introduce free wi-fi, people will not be tied to computer at home. Searching for something /someone "on the go" will become a something really common.. and the next thing will be wi-fi based identification - a system that would allow members to find and identify each other offline.

Example of functionality: I am registered at this dating site: i set up my profile and parameters of desired partner:
- male/female
- not shorter than 5ft , not taller by 6ft
- educated, well-traveled, non-smoker.

Situation: a night club. 100 people have wi-fi enabled phones. each wi-fi source could be identified by my phone. that takes each ID and sends it to the server that runs this dating site (source's ID becomes a search query). In case of match , i should be able to initiate a request (or a text chat) that would be up the person, who was identified, to accept or deny further identification. if she is "with someone" , she will denies "further" identification, and i will never find out who she was... if she accepts my request, i see her picture and either run away, or look for her.

This will work as peer-to-peer network, that is formed among several wi-fi enabled devices, such that the communication flows directly between the computers, without passing through any access point. The main benefit of these networks is that they do not require the existence of any access point. This enables users to communicate and identify each other wheb no access point is available.

I am still currently researching about this functionality..

09.03

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