[asterisk-users] Single sign on PC + phone?

[Patrick]

On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 22:12 -0700, Trevor Peirce wrote:
> Patrick wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with creating a Single sign on (SSO)
> > concept where if someone logs in on their PC the phone next to that PC
> > is also automatically assigned to that user?
> >   
> Yup, I've done this on a small proof-of-concept scale.  I basically 
> created a script that runs on login which updates a MySQL database.  
> This database is in turn queried by the Realtime application so the dial 
> plan logic can route the call accordingly.  An expansion of this idea 
> will let you also manage outgoing caller id and voicemail notifications, 
> but those weren't needed in my project.
> 
> This was a single day project with Fedora Core 5.

Thanks for the info Trevor. Was your proof of concept also with Windows
PCs or *nix PCs? I haven't played with realtime yet so I might be in for
a bit of a learning curve.

Regards,
Patrick