asterisk users - Jan 2004 - zapbarge w/o the mute

I've got a couple of different situations where I'd like to do something
like zapbarge into a specific channel but I'd like to be able to 
actually talk to the party or parties on the channels, not just listen 
like w/ zapbarge.

There are two scenarios I can think of right now where it'd be very handy.

    a) when the outside line is ringing and Asterisk is waiting to 
answer or Asterisk has just answered and is playing some greeting or 
w/e, I'd like to be able to dial an extension and be connected to the 
person [i.e., bridge the call] (and preferably have the rest of the 
dialplan exit as if they had dialed my extension).

    b) there's a current conversation going on between two parties and 
I'd like to be conferenced into it, but I'd like to initiate the 
conference, not have to wait for one of the parties to three-way me in.

I'm sure there's already a way to do this, I just haven't come
across it
yet.

Thanks guys,

jl

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On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 13:31, john lawler wrote:
> I've got a couple of different situations where I'd like to do
something
> like zapbarge into a specific channel but I'd like to be able to 
> actually talk to the party or parties on the channels, not just listen 
> like w/ zapbarge.
> 
> There are two scenarios I can think of right now where it'd be very
handy.
> 
>     a) when the outside line is ringing and Asterisk is waiting to 
> answer or Asterisk has just answered and is playing some greeting or 
> w/e, I'd like to be able to dial an extension and be connected to the 
> person [i.e., bridge the call] (and preferably have the rest of the 
> dialplan exit as if they had dialed my extension).
> 
>     b) there's a current conversation going on between two parties and 
> I'd like to be conferenced into it, but I'd like to initiate the 
> conference, not have to wait for one of the parties to three-way me in.
> 
> I'm sure there's already a way to do this, I just haven't come
across it
> yet.
> 
> Thanks guys,
> 
> jl
Hi John,

Funny you should mention this as I talked with Tilghman the other
morning pining for just this capability.  Suffer me a minute.  My home
system is *; each phone is its own extension.  My five year old son is
much quicker than I at getting to the phone (no I am not toting a ~!@#$%
cordless around with me).  When he answers a call, _he_ has the call! 
It'll probably be a few years before he understands transferring the
call to the conference room or parking the call and giving us the park
number :)

_I_ need to be able to snipe (to borrow the eBay term) the call from my
son - er, a given channel.

So far, we haven't had any major calamities.  Five year olds are great
for dealing with telemarketing (long ago fodder for comedians).

Howard White