Has anyone ever heard of this

miles_rich

Has anyone ever heard of having online caller identification? My idea is simple

have a server made in Visual Basic or something sat on a server, that listens to calls being recieved, it then opens a page with the url

192.168.0.2/callid/index.php?action=add_call&area=01234&number=654123

the add_call function adds the data to the mysql database. you an then view a call log by going to

192.168.0.2/callid/index.php?action=show_log

this then displays all calls recieved.

When a call is recieved, it must check the database to see if the number is already in there, if it is it should pop up a little page on another pc saying somthing like

Caller : John Smith
Number : 01234-654123
Date : 17/02/2003 @ 12:41

if it isnt in the database it pops up a page like the one above but so you can add his/her details.

Does anyone think that this is possible?
I think the hardest part is gonig to be the popups, on a call.
Has anyone ever seen something like this?

PHP-Editors_com

If you can hack the 'getting the callers details part' then I dont see any problem. Ive heard of CID, some ISP use it to validate dial-up accounts, not sure if this is the same thing though.
good luck anyway.

miles_rich

I can get the number ok, and add it to a mysql database, its just getting a popup to show on the other computer that i am finding a problem

PHP-Editors_com

Im not sure what exactly you mean 'other computer', is this the callers computer (so there are many) or just one other computer on your network ?
You may be able to use java for this, or just use a php scheduled script.

miles_rich

There is a web server and a local client machine that the secratary uses, we need the popup to apear on that so she can say "Hello Name of company how can i help you"

PHP-Editors_com

OK, I see what your doing... sound like fun !!. Anyway I dont think you could use PHP on its own for this, if you want an instantaniouse pop-up anyway. You could run a script from the client either through the browser or command line, but it will require some input from the user (like refesh in the browser) or a command line script that runs every minute or something. wouldnt recommend it though. I may be wrong though.. I wish you success.

miles_rich

i just wondered if anyone else had done this, that is all. what about a bit of scriptiong so that you could send a pop up like

smbclient -M 'Client PC'

then you type the msg and it sends