We will be moving to IP phones at our new location in a few months. This is very interesting!
got any links you can share, that would be a good place to start reading up? I'm not sure what the system is precisely that we're going to use but now it would behoove me to find out. This sounds really cool! On 11/10/05, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you don't have IP telephony at your office, this may not interest > you. > > We use Cisco equipment and phones for our phone service. Each phone has > an XML browser as well as a very simple web server. > > A while back, I created some simple services that can be accessed from > the phone display. The phone devices have softbuttons that can be > programmed individually. > > My test app was a list of birthdays of our students and employees. You > can see today's, and the next two week's, worth of birthdays just by > pushing a couple of buttons on the phone. > > This week, due to the tornados in our city, some student organizations > decided that UE did not provide adequate warning in these situations. > > So, I figured out how to "push" a request into the Cisco phones. The > request then forces the phone to create its own request to a web page > that I specify. In addition, I can force the phone to play a certain > ring tone. We may pursue this solution to warn students/employees of > important issues just by using the phone system. > > This is some very cool stuff and, of course, it's powered by CF on the > back end! > > I'm sure you can see the benefits of the ability to push information to > the phones. > > However, do you realize the potential for misuse and fun? Heck, with > the click of a button on a web page, I can make any phone, on our > network, ring and change the display. "Why the hell does my phone ring > and there is no one on the other end?" > > Or, if I am in a boring meeting, I can make my phone ring, on cue, and > leave early because of "that important issue in the server room". > > Jeez, what fun it is to be a programmer. > > M!ke > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:181295 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
