[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: 27 November 2006 11:48
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] How to park calls on a specific 
> extension
> 
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 01:46:58AM -0800, Steve Langstaff wrote:
> >  > -----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.

> > I think that you are describing shared line appearances.
> 
> I don't believe so, not as I understand them, but perhaps 
> they are planned to be different from my conception in Asterisk.
> 
> My understanding of a shared line is it mimics the 
> traditional analog phones, a line is shared on many phones, 
> calls ring on all phones, if you put on hold on one phone and 
> pick up on another it works.
> 
> What I describe is different.   There are no shared lines, but if
> you put a call on hold on one phone on a non-shared line you 
> can go to another -- any other in the pickup group, whether 
> it is registered to have the shared line or not, and pick it 
> up, as you can (in a more cumbersome way) with call parking.

I'm a bit unclear on where you say 'push a button to pick it up'
- does this mean that there can be only one held call 'shared' between
the extensions, or is there some logic somewhere that 'knows' which held
call should be picked up when you press the button?