[asterisk-users] How to park calls on a specific extension

[Steve Langstaff]

 > -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Brad Templeton
> Sent: 25 November 2006 21:02

[snip]

> ...the UI I think most people want, which is, just put 
> the call on hold, and go somewhere else and push a button to 
> pick it up.
> 
> That is not only an eaiser interface, it's actually a more 
> powerful one, because it gives you the ability to put a call 
> on hold to go away to check on something, and then decided 
> after the fact that you
> want to pick it up from another extension.   Indeed, you could create
> an interface if you wanted to so that you could pick up the 
> call from any pstn phone (ie. cell phone) by dialing a magic 
> number and entering a code, without having decided to 
> explicitly park it first.

I think that you are describing shared line appearances.