[asterisk-users] Smartphone Mobility App?

[sean darcy]

On 12/19/2014 09:29 AM, chris wrote:
> Anyone found any good smartphone apps that connect with their asterisk
> boxes that provides basic mobility features?
>
> The main problem we are trying to solve is when our staff  forward to
> their cell phones they cant distinguish if the call was directed at
> their cell phone or the business DID.
>

To solve this, can you mess with the callerid ? For a forwarded call:

Set(CALLERID(name)=DID_${CALLERID(name)})

sean

> We also would like to give user ability to control DND and forwarding of
> their extension from the smartphone.
>
> I know there are many cloud service providers with a offering like this
> but we are not looking to change our service infrastructure but rather
> looking for just a software product that connects to our existing
> asterisk systems and provides this functionality.
>
> We would ideally like something for both iphone and android but the
> immediate need is for iPhone
>
> Curious to hear what people have tried, their experiences, etc.
>
> We are open to both free/open source as well as commercial software as
> long as it is multitenant or scalable beyond single server.
>
> TIA,
> chris
>
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