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'''The development is focused on providing an XHTML interface first and then if someone has the spare time, motivation and know-how a dedicated client may be developed''' | '''The development is focused on providing an XHTML interface first and then if someone has the spare time, motivation and know-how a dedicated client may be developed''' | ||
The Consumer Agent is a small [[w:agent|agent]] program that resides in the [[consumer]]'s terminal (cell phone or pda) that provides the [[UI]] to the information in the [[Consumerium]] network and computes [[Automatic Comparison]]s whenever needed. | The Consumer Agent / Consumium app is a small [[w:agent|agent]] program that resides in the [[consumer]]'s terminal (cell phone or pda) that provides the [[UI]] to the information in the [[Consumerium]] network and computes [[Automatic Comparison]]s whenever needed. | ||
== Platforms | Reading the digits under 1D [[barcodes]] is a reality on mobile devices today in the 10's has been implemented. 2D barcodes and [[NFC]] tags placed under the shelf tags are possible future developments in product identification. | ||
== Plans for functionalities == | |||
* Acquire product id from camera device ( OCR the characters under the 1D barcode and/or product recognition from photo of product ). Support 2D barcodes and NFC. [[Scan station]]s that transmit over NFC touch. | |||
* Acquire business id from Consumium database based on product id | |||
* Display wiki article | |||
* [[Voting]] and results systems | |||
* [[Metrics]] | |||
* [[Reviews]] read & write | |||
* [[Feedback]] forms | |||
* Links to selected [[essential projects]] and [[interesting projects]] | |||
== Platforms: == | |||
* Android | * Android | ||