Thinking out loud: write a asterisk call file (when the calling user presses 5) which keeps on trying to connect the two.
On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 10:35 +0000, Tony Mountifield wrote: > Has anyone here implemented "Ring back when free" in Asterisk? > > The way it works in the UK is as follows: > > 1. A calls B. B is engaged (busy). > 2. A hears "The number you called is busy. To use ringback, press 5" > 3. A presses 5, and hears "Your ringback request has been accepted". > 4. A hangs up. > 5. Later, B hangs up. The system then calls A (if A is now busy, it > waits until A is clear again). > 6. If/when A answers, the system calls B on A's behalf and A hears ringing. > > Any implementation has to cater for the fact that when B is busy, he > could be either the calling or the called party on his current call. > If he is the calling party, he will execute 'h' when he clears, but > if he is the called party, he won't be in the dialplan to execute 'h', > so we need some other way to invoke the ringback (step 5). > > Thoughts? > > Cheers > Tony -- Faraz R Khan Chief Architect Emergen Consulting Pvt Ltd +92.21.111.111.320 x200 www.emergen.biz _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users