Protocol requirements

Revision as of 04:32, 10 March 2004 by 142.177.76.153 (talk) (elaborating, adding FM and walkie-talkie options)

See also software requirements and hardware requirements.

Protocol requirements for the healthy buying infrastructure seem to include at least:

Hardware requirements and hardware standards constrain the protocols: Bluetooth for instance is assumed to be required to get both secure communication and modular hardware. But if in-store radio and audio presentation becomes a more effective way to deliver the Consumerium buying signal, and privacy risk is not a concern, i.e. most of what is delivered is green light ads, then in-the-clear FM radio may well be the most important protocol, with analog cell perhaps augmenting it.

Entirely different protocols such as walkie-talkie or cordless protocol applications that call the customer back with an audio presentation on the product they just barcode scanned, may also alter the picture completely.