Yeah, Asterisk I think would be more than capable of doing that. It'll need some work to glue it all together. A lot of this would be written as an AGI script, and PHP or so for the webpage part of it.
Sounds fun! blackwater dev wrote: > We currently have an application used by the trucking industry to find > freight to move. Now, the trucker does a search around Boston (for example) > and gets 100 loads returned. They start at the first and call the company > who has the freight, the company may say, sorry, someone just booked that so > they go to the next number and call. It might take them 3-4 calls to find > one that's still available. > What I want to do is allow the trucker to click a check box by several loads > and just click a button...it calls the first person and the system asks if > its available, if yes it asks if he wants to hear the truckers credentials, > if yes, it reads them and then asks if he wants to talk to the trucker and > if so calls the trucker to connect the two. If the load is take then the > system asks if he wants it removed from our system. If it's taken or he > doesn't want to talk to the trucker, it just goes to the next number to > call. In theory the trucker can click x rows and just sit back back and > know when he gets a call the system has found an available load that he is > approved by the broker to take. > > thanks, > Eddie > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Adam Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I think he's talking about an automated system. It's definitely >> possible with asterisk, whether or not it's a good idea. >> >>> I really see this is useless since we alreadu got pricegrabbers >>> buy.com and froogle they all list the itme in stock on the site there >>> is really no need for a $30k a year operator to read it for the >>> person. >>> just my $0.02 >>> >>> On 3/6/08, blackwater dev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I'm head of R&D for a dot com company and we are looking to create a >>>> prototype using asterisk. Basically we people who visit our site and >>>> >> search >> >>>> for goods listed by other people. Once something is found, a phone >>>> >> number >> >>>> is listed in the results and person A calls person B to see if the item >>>> >> is >> >>>> available, cost, etc. I'd like for the person searching to be able to >>>> >> click >> >>>> on 10 items they are interested in then click another button which >>>> >> would >> >>>> have asterisk start at the first, call person B, ask if the item is >>>> available, if yes, then call person A and connect the two, if not, it >>>> >> says >> >>>> thanks, and calls the next person on the list. Is this possible with >>>> Asterisk? >>>> >>>> Second, anyone looking for some contract work to help get this >>>> >> prototype >> >>>> running? >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> -- 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> -- 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 >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > -- 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 _______________________________________________ -- 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