[Blink] Blink user request features page

[Lee Sharp]

On 12/21/2010 10:20 AM, Schumann Sebastian wrote:
> Maybe Lee means that Aastra can integrate over XML directly with the PBX (e.g., Asterisk, BroadWorks) and do Call Transfer, Conferencing etc. proxy initiated?!
>
> So the proxy holds one call, calls the other party and then connects them. This can be done UE-initiated (what Blink does perfectly) but also PBX initiated - what I guess Lee means.
>
> While it might be nice to have, I think Blink does not need it. I like it on my hardphone (to control the PBX), but can have always a web interface or other CTI on the PC - where Blink runs and what I use when calling with Blink anyways.

That is it.  Using Blink, there is no way to transfer calls within 
Asterisk.  Also, no way to "park" calls within Asterisk.  And while 
there are some workarounds, they all have both usability issues, and 
security issues. (They need to work through the web interface, which is 
very insecure)  So I am stuck with SIP Communicator.  I would MUCH 
prefer Blink, but transferring calls is simply a must have for me.  And 
while my mother always told me that I am special, I do not think my 
needs are really that uncommon. :)

However, there may be another possibility.  There may be a way to 
transfer calls, and I could not find it.  If so, that is a usability 
problem, and much easier to fix.  I am all for that!

			Lee