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This would work well with #191 - allowing web pages to talk to each other locally through browsers and URL's \r\n\r\nThis could be achieved through filling an advertisement, or specifically broadcasting an Eddystone URL packet."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebBluetoothCG/web-bluetooth/issues/comments/230153848","html_url":"https://github.com/WebBluetoothCG/web-bluetooth/issues/231#issuecomment-230153848","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebBluetoothCG/web-bluetooth/issues/231","id":230153848,"user":{"login":"apptum","id":7722596,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7722596?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/apptum","html_url":"https://github.com/apptum","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/apptum/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/apptum/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/apptum/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/apptum/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/apptum/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/apptum/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/apptum/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/apptum/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/apptum/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-07-03T13:37:06Z","updated_at":"2016-07-03T13:37:06Z","body":"Being able to configure a device to advertise in peripheral mode via a web page would open up a whole world of opportunities ( @kevinahuber: that's what you describe, isn't it?):\r\nPossible use case:\r\n- People in a train station looking for a ticket could get informed that there are others with the same destination nearby and be suggested to get a group ticket.\r\n- While reading an online article in a cafe the user could get asked if she wants to broadcast what she's reading to find similar minded folks.\r\n\r\nAssumed there will be more and more devices be able to act in peripheral mode in the near future [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26482611/chipsets-devices-supporting-android-5-ble-peripheral-mode](url) spam could get a real issue though.\r\n\r\nBut the sound of webbluetooth + instant apps + the physical web is quite promising :)\r\n\r\nrelated topic: [https://github.com/google/physical-web/issues/662](url)\r\n\r\n@jyasskin: Do you guys may already have a roadmap for implementation?"}}
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