[asterisk-users] Bounty for parking on <slot>@<context>

[Steve Edwards]

Wrong list. asterisk-dev is for changing the C source code of Asterisk. I 
don't think AGI's "count" or are considered for inclusion into the 
subversion repository as stated by one of your conditions for payment.

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Alistair Cunningham wrote:

> I'd like to offer a bounty for a feature for Asterisk where an AGI 
> program can park and retrieve calls on parking slots that are of the 
> form <slot>@<context>, where <slot> is a number and <context> is an 
> arbitrary string.
>
> Asterisk will not choose a slot; the AGI program will always specify 
> which exact slot and context to use. The AGI will keep track of which to 
> use in its own database. It's acceptable for Asterisk to return an error 
> if the AGI tries to park on a slot that's already in use. If you want to 
> implement automatic choosing of slots for the benefit of other Asterisk 
> users that's fine, but our code will always specify which slot to use 
> and your code must at least have an option to allow this.
>
> It must not be necessary to pre-define either slots or contexts in 
> Asterisk configuration files. It must be completely dynamic for the AGI 
> to choose at run-time.
>
> The call flow should work as follows:
>
> 1. A call comes in from an external number.
>
> 2. Asterisk passes control to the AGI.
>
> 3. The AGI does a Dial() with the "t" option to a SIP phone on a remote 
> SIP registrar.
>
> 4. The destination transfers the call using # or its own transfer 
> button. The # for the transfer should be the only thing in this call 
> flow that's set in the Asterisk configuration files.
>
> 5. The transfer call comes back to the AGI, which decides that the 
> transferrer wants to park the call. Each transferring phone may have a 
> different code to park calls, so this is configured in the AGI's 
> database rather than Asterisk's features.conf.
>
> 6. The AGI instructs Asterisk to park the original inbound call on 
> <slot>@<context>.
>
> 7. Asterisk does this, and reads <slot> to the transferring phone.
>
> 8. The transferring phone hangs up.
>
> 9. Another telephone calls a number to pick up the parked call that goes 
> to the AGI. This number may be <slot> or it may not. For example, a user 
> may have *99<slot> configured in the AGI's database to pick up parked 
> calls. Only the AGI should care about this.
>
> 10. The AGI instructs Asterisk to connect this call with the call parked 
> on <slot>@<context>.
>
> Steps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9 already exist. Steps 6, 7, and 10 need 
> written. I'm also open to other ideas for call flows; please discuss 
> with me before starting work however.
>
> If anyone would like to write this, and it gets accepted into the 
> Asterisk subversion repository for a future Asterisk version, Integrics 
> is willing to pay a bounty of USD 500, payable by PayPal.

I think you need another "0" in the bounty.

Thanks in advance,
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