'Click to Call' - Web browser to Voipuser account Voice/Text

Hi Gray,

I've been looking for this topic around, and that's the only place where I found the ideas of what I'm looking for, is why I have regisered to htis forum today.

I'm a web programmer though I don't have experience in voIP, however I would be very interested on joining this project, is there something started? anybody knows about good sites focused on voIP development?

Caste

ok guys, i am following this topic and there are 2 things to take in mind:

1- click to call is usually mistaken for "click so we call you back"

voip.co.uk will make your phone CALL THE CLIENT on your expense...

the company that does what the original topic is discussing is estara, i think estara DOT com will take you there,

i found a free perl script that should do the trick, try it and let us know please
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+click+to+call



waiting!!!

Hi fofodaman and welcome to VoIP User.

Estara do not do click to call - they do "enter your phone number and we'll call you" type stuff.

Are you going to be testing the perl script for asterisk? I assume that it requires the user to download a browser plug-in?

Dean

ActiveX is already available to make a voip calls via web-browsers. All that needs to be done is to use the same sdk and preset/predefine the values, and just enable the dial button. thats not much difficult to work upon.

you can have a look at activeX here http://www.vaxvoip.com/WebDemo/Softphone.HTM

The complete sdk can be very easily used to create a clicktocall functionality.

Anyone interested in moving ahead this line...Msg me, i am a programer.

Thanks

Hi registerus

The proble with ActiveX is that you limit your user base to IE users only. To be successfull CLick2Call has to be browser and OS neutral.

Ian

Hi ianplain,

its better to have something rather than having nothing, i am also looking for flash based options, let see if something clicks up

So basically what we're talking about then, is a java applet embedded in a web page which will mimic a SIP client. And that uses only the api from a standard java platform, standard edition, that Tom, Dick and Harry have on their systems already ?

Flash 8 won't be implemented for linux registerus, so that's a non-starter there. The ActiveX script you mentioned is quite interesting, but of course it's limited to win/IE. Does anyone know a good ActiveX to Java converter ?

I did a bit of searching for "SIP applet". Apparently there is a java api in development as we speak ... it's called JSIP. JSIP is a the Java specification for SIP Signaling. I've had a look at the cvs README's. I'm just gonna make some notes here for others to comment on, to see what we think ...

https://jain-sip-applet-phone.dev.java.net/

* The JAIN-SIP applet phone project is a a JAIN-SIP based voice and text instant messaging client. However it seems to require the installation of the Java Media Framework, which as far as I can ascertain, is outside of the standard Java Platfrom, Standard Edition.

* An applet apparently allows only socket connections to the host that it's been downloaded from ( a bit like XMLHTTPRequests I guess) ... which means that your server will have to be running a SIP proxy and Tomcat ...

* The software included in this distribution was developed by employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the Federal Government. Pursuant to title 15 Untied States Code Section 105, works of NIST employees are not subject to copyright protection in the United States and are considered to be in the public domain. As a result, a formal license is not needed to use the software ... Permission to use this software is contingent upon your acceptance of the terms of this agreement and upon your providing appropriate acknowledgments of NIST's ownership of the software.

< It's definitely an interesting project, and something in which I'd like to help out on. But as it is, if it still requires the installation of the JMF, you're back to square one ... and might as well just install a softphone methinks. >

Maybe there's a java programmer out there that could have a look and pick up on something I missed. I haven't done any java now in quite a while, so maybe I'm misreading it...?

I guess the next step would be for someone to actually try to compile the thing and put it up on a server for everyone to see and test

dbee :

I guess the next step would be for someone to actually try to compile the thing and put it up on a server for everyone to see and test

Are you offering dbee ? Or do you have someone in mind ?

Looking through the discussion, some things are not clear
to me w.r.t the requirements from a click-to-call.

If i understand correctly, a browser-based software is
needed that would allow voipuser members to log in to
their account and place calls e.g. xlite in a browser.

If that´s the case then it is more embedding a softphone
in a browser rather than a click-to-call scenario in
which you click on your friend´s name in your contacts
software and a call is setup between your IP phone and
their IP/PSTN phone

Regards,
Lambros

Hi Lambros

If only it were that easy! What we need to have is a clickable link on a website that will immediately open a SIP session TO a Voipuser SIP account. It is intended for calling TO Voipuser rather than calling FROM it which is easy using any soft phone

Dear Gray,
If you want the link to initiate a call TO a
voipuser, then i guess the SIP credentials are provided
by the website ?
What will be used to talk to the user called ?

Lambros

Hi Lambros,

A speaker and mic are all that are required. It's pretty easy to do, the hard part is keeping the plugin size down.

See busta.com for an example of this in action.

Dean

dean :

Hi fofodaman and welcome to VoIP User. Estara do not do click to call - they do "enter your phone number and we'll call you" type stuff. Are you going to be testing the perl script for asterisk? I assume that it requires the user to download a browser plug-in? Dean

Estara do provide a browser to call center solution but it uses Active-X.

I read in the Atserisk list the other day there is a new Java solution about does anyone here know anything about it?


VA

Hi prouseraccount and welcome to VoIP User.

There are four Java based systems that I know of in development. One is due to be released soon (next week I think). Unfortunately the company that produce it chose to market it by spamming the hell out of this forum yesterday, to the point where I had to put their name in the blacklist.

We'll follow up on it as and when we see some press releases or wider information.

Nothing available at the moment.

Dean