[cisco-voip] Video Conferencing ? CM 4.1(3)

[Robert Kulagowski]

Matthew Saskin wrote:
> VT Advantage is basically your only option if you want to provide video 
> from the desktop IP phone.  If you want room-based solutions they can 
> integrate with CallManager in multiple ways (as mentioned in previous 
> emails) but they are going to be dedicated units in a room (or on a 
> crash cart, etc.)
> 
> As far as providing overflow from IP to ISDN, I can't even think how to 
> do that.  The biggest thing standing in the way is that you would need 
> to change the destination being dialed from an IP address to a phone 
> number :-\

Right; as I'm thinking about it now, the gatekeeper knows that there's 
"x" amount of bandwidth between the two locations; if the bandwidth 
request is rejected then there should be _some_ way to do this though, 
isn't there?  Or do people just not place the call at that point? 
That's how AAR in the voice world works...

As far as the one-touch capability, I think I should be able to create a 
service URL on the phone that does an AXL call to determine who I'm 
currently talking to.  I can then have a widget that uses the video 
conferencing equipment API to dial the call.  I've already gotten it to 
work manually using the Polycom telnet interface, so at this point it's 
just a Small Matter of Programming. :)