> Ummm.. kind of. I mean, it says "Enter the first 3 digits of the > persons last night" and you enter them via the keypad, it then searches > for the names, and says, "Calling <so-and-so>". I think I've seen this > feature on a phone system I called once, but I can't remember exactly > how it worked. I'm pretty sure you just entered the persons last name > in by digits.
Yes, that is precisely how it works on our existing KSU. Each extension has the first and last name as text in a database somewhere and you can get a list of matching names by entering up to 8 chars of the person's last name, then pound.
i.e. for "SMITH" you'd enter "76484#." That'd match Smith, Smithers, Goldsmith, etc. Seems pretty easy to do, too, building up a list of potential strings and then comparing them to the database, or the reverse even.
That is indeed how the existing * application works.
--Ernest
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