On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 19:50 +0800, David Liu wrote: > I think no one should abuse Asterisk and make it into a telemarketer > tool. In fact, it is designed to supposedly drive telemarketers away!
ARRRGGGHHH, don't make me do this. It isn't abuse to make a pbx do telemarketing. Asterisk wasn't designed for or against telemarketing. The closest claim to that is the existence of zapateller. But that is just a small app compared to the rest of the base. > >I have the following requirements I'd like to implement with asterisk: > > > >1. Asterisk notifies interested PC's on the network that there's an > >incoming call so that the telemarketing app can bring up the customer > >automagically > >2. If a telemarketer makes a call and the customer isn't there and they > >arrange a callback, the callback is diverted to the originating > >telemarketers phone first for a few rings, and then to the main > >switchboard. > > > >I think number 1 would be implemented very easily via a udp broadcast in > >a AGI app. The application is all lan based so packets should not be > >dropped. A more complicated implementation would involve the client apps > >registering to receive call events but I think that's overkill here. > > > >Number 2 might be a bit more involved, in this case there would have to > >be some registration of which incoming calls to route to which > >extensions. > > > >Any comments? Anyone done anything like this before, before I go > >re-inventing wheels? > > > >Thanks > > > >James > >_______________________________________________ > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
