[asterisk-users] click to call

[Steve Totaro]

JIAX client could be modified to do this for free.  The project has been
stalled for quite a while but the demo works and the source is there and
open.  I have seen people successfully use it for "click to dial" for
free but they use it internally and do not intend to put it out in the
public domain.  

http://www.hem.za.org/jiaxclient
http://forums.vtiger.com/viewtopic.php?t=1636&start=40

Thanks,
Steve Totaro
http://www.asteriskhelpdesk.com
KB3OPB
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Gordon Henderson
> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 4:09 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] click to call
> 
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Anton Krall wrote:
> 
> > So Guys, no go on this topic?
> 
> I trialled a click-to-dial application recently. It generated a lot of
> controversy on the list (search the archives) because various people
said
> it couldn't be done/wouldn't work, etc. Then there were whinges about
the
> commercial nature of the application (it's licensed, not free, and
details
> were being posted to the -users list) and so on. Personally, I didn't
see
> why as the creators of the code were simply replying to questions
asked by
> list members, however...
> 
> (That's probably why you've not gotten many replies ;-)
> 
> So the thing I trialled was a button on a web page which downlaoded a
> soft-phone program written in Java to your browser. The soft-phone
uses
> the IAX protocol to connect to an asterisk server, then depending on
the
> javascript that you write to encapsulate the button on the web page,
you
> have the ability to specify username & password (to authenticate back
to
> the asterisk server) and number to dial - the number you dial could
even
> be entered via more javascript on the webpage, and the asterisk server
at
> the back-end can then do what it needs to do with the number - dial an
> extension in a "closed" system, or even initiate a dial-out to the
PSTN,
> if the server as such a connection and the connection is authorised.
The
> end-user pushing the button doesn't need to see any of this at all -
it
> can all be embedded in the javascript behind the button.
> 
> You can specify callerId too, or dial different numbers, so the person
> answering the call could use this information to know what web page
you
> are on for example. You can even embed it into an email signature with
a
> different number then you could tell if they are calling you in reply
to
> an email, and so on. (And much as I hate big HTML based email
signatures,
> if done correctly this could be quite effective - and it doesn't need
to
> download the Java - about 120KB until you click on the button)
> 
> (They have a demonstration client which works with the Tesco VoIP
service
> - you enter your Tesco username/password, then get a phone application
> with buttons, etc. The Tesco VoIP system unusually uses IAX rather
than
> SIP as their transport mechanism!)
> 
> I tried the application on a WinXP box, Linux box and Mac, and as long
as
> the sound system was setup to work with the headset & microphone, it
"just
> worked" - At last, Java doing what it was supposed to be doing,
working
> correctly cross platform!
> 
> Some of the whinges to the list were that a soft-phone couldn't
possibly
> be written in Java as Java was too heavyweight - well, this is the
latter
> part of the first decade of the new millennium and Java has come a
long
> way
> since it was first released, and they couldn't be further from the
truth -
> in use on my 2GHz Linux box, it was using about 2-3% CPU, and at 120KB
to
> download, is no worse than your average mid-resolution camera image
these
> days.
> 
> If this is what you're after, then go to
> 
>    http://www.mexuar.com/products_connect.shtml
> 
> They were happy to give me a time-limited trial of the software, which
I
> used, and found worked really well. You will need to write some html
and
> javascript to encapsulate it into your own web page, but that's not
hard
> to do and examples are provided.
> 
> Now all I need is some clients to sell it to ;-)
> 
> Gordon
> 
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Anton
> Krall
> > Sent: Jueves, 31 de Mayo de 2007 10:58 a.m.
> > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> > Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] click to call
> >
> > The idea is to put some kind of embedded app on the website so
customers
> > with mics can just click an icon or image and connect to our sales
> people or
> > customer support staff...
> >
> > So far for what I've seen, there is some misconception of the
terms..
> click
> > to dial can mean if you see a number on a webpage, click on it and
your
> > softphone will dial it.. but can also mean click on the image and it
> will
> > connect you to the sales people, for example.
> >
> > I'm looking for the latter.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of
mail-lists
> > Sent: Jueves, 31 de Mayo de 2007 10:18 a.m.
> > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] click to call
> >
> > Anton Krall wrote:
> >> I have been looking around for examples or code on making a click
to
> call
> >> application for web sites... has anybody had any luck on this
topic? Is
> >> there any open source code out ther that could do this?
> >>
> > What we have done in the past is created url's like this :
> sip:4044565941.
> >
> > Xlite will register itself as the sip handler on your system.
> >
> > If you want a generic click to call (ability to call numbers on any
> > given website) check out moziax
> > -----------------
> >
> >