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Re: [ECS] Event to Update call-id lists David Mccoll Tue, 2 Mar 1999 02:11:21 -0800

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Well I live with a bunch of girls, 5 to be exact. Yes I know: poor Dave.
Anyway the girls change every couple months. Yes, it gets even better. But
it becomes a nuisance to update the CID file all the time. So I got to
thinking about ways to allow them to do the work for me. I think USER input
could have many uses. Anyway I thought it would make for a challenging and
interesting event. Shall we have a competition for best usage and code ?

I plan three implementations of the event. One from an X-10 Maxi-pad, one
from one of those little Genovation 2-line LCD keypads and the other on the
Panasonic PBX/Bigmouth combo where I am going to try to pull it off as a
local phone-macro.

Normally I use a single CID file. A separate file for each user may be best.
A text item that would automatically be appended to the number after entry
and the complete string would be appended to the users CID file with a DOS
command.

Example Dialog as follows:
ECS: CALL ID EDITOR
ECS: Enter Number and press #
User: 8756465#
ECS: Enter USER NUMBER and press #
User: 2#
ECS: 8756465 added to USER 2 CID List

The actual CID file would look like this:
USER 2 CID List
3331212    2    Jasmin's Friend
8756465    2    Jasmine's Friend

Notice the state for all of the numbers in USER 2's (Jasmine's) file can be
the same. The same state number allows easier filtering for personalized
Phone-Box User 2's outgoing message based on CID.

Inputting the hyphen - in the xxx-xxx-xxxx or adding a persons name to the
number could be ugly unless there was really good voice prompting or keypad
overlays. I guess a touchscreen could make this much more interesting.

David M


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael David <michael@michaeldavid.com>
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [ECS] Event to Update call-id lists


>Hmmm, what an interesting idea.  Are you suggesting that when a guest comes
>to the house, you have them walk over to the keypad and type in their phone
>number And, by extension, if you had a text terminal there, they could
enter
>their name too.
>
>OK, taking it a step further, wouldn't it be great to have them email the
>info to you, in some predefined form, or have a web form somewhere they
>could fill out.   ECS, or some external program, would then parse the data,
>and append it to the CID file.
>
>Hmmmm...
>
>Cheers!
>
>Michael David
>michael@michaeldavid.com

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