Looking for a developer resource

noguru · 02:42 AM

Looking for a developer resource

We have a patent pending on an app suitable for Android, iPhone, etc. It requires manipulation of the outgoing audio stream during a telephone conversation.

If this is within your capability, and your team:

1. Has a proven technical capability in this area.
2. Can pass a background check.
3. Is willing to execute an NDA/NCA.
4. Is in the continental U.S.

Then we would like to talk with you. Please respond to notaguruatgmaildotcom to initiate a dialog.

Thanks!

athompson · 5th November 2010, 07:44 PM

Not to discourage you or anything, but a developer who meets those requirements is probably going to be asking for at least $150k a year.

Not only that, if your goal is to make changes to an audio stream before it goes over the air, it's probably not possible; certainly not for Windows Phone 7 or iPhone.

The way phone calls work on cell phones is that the mic is wired directly to the internal modem hardware, the sound doesn't go through the OS on its way over the air, so it can't be intercepted, modified and resent. That's how it's worked on the phones I've worked with. At best you will only be able to get a copy of the audio stream, and even that would take a jailbroken phone.

Or you could rewire the insides of your phone, but that would require another $150k engineer.

noguru · 5th November 2010, 07:55 PM

Thanks.

This is a single task, though as usual there must be ongoing support and evolution. I was hoping that an app company would respond, but that hasn't happened.

We have built prototypes using landline phones, with great success. In a cellphone, this could become a killer app with wide usage. But if the OS cannot gain access to the audio stream prior to the modem, that's a problem that can only be solved by incorporating the invention in hardware. A possibility, but it requires relationships above my pay grade.

Perhaps we need a consultant, not an app developer...