[OpenSIPS-Users] opensips 2.1 call_center queue position

Bogdan-Andrei Iancu bogdan at opensips.org
Tue Nov 1 22:44:26 CET 2016


Hi Jonathan,

Please give it a try to this patch - it is not really tested, but when 
the call is sent the Queue announcement, it should have a ";cc_pos=xxx" 
parameter giving the position is the queue (0 being the first to be 
dispatched to agents).

Let me know if it works.

Regards,

Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
OpenSIPS Founder and Developer
http://www.opensips-solutions.com

On 28.10.2016 15:59, Jonathan Hunter wrote:
>
> Hi Bogdan,
>
>
> Great news, really do appreciate that.
>
>
> Many thanks
>
>
> Jon
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Bogdan-Andrei Iancu <bogdan at opensips.org>
> *Sent:* 28 October 2016 12:48
> *To:* Jonathan Hunter; OpenSIPS users mailling list
> *Subject:* Re: [OpenSIPS-Users] opensips 2.1 call_center queue position
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> No, it is no yet available. Give me couple of days and I will make a 
> patch for it.
>
> Best regards,
> Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
> OpenSIPS Founder and Developer
> http://www.opensips-solutions.com
> Home — OpenSIPS Solutions <http://www.opensips-solutions.com/>
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> OpenSIPS is a mature Open Source implementation of a SIP server. 
> OpenSIPS is more than a SIP proxy/router as it includes 
> application-level functionalities.
>
>
> On 25.10.2016 19:22, Jonathan Hunter wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bogdan,
>>
>>
>> Sorry cant recall If I replied to this.
>>
>>
>> Is cc_pos available now to extract from the module?
>>
>>
>> Thats the only thing I need then I can implement call center which I 
>> think will be much more scale-able than the other approach I am using 
>> with FreeSWITCH, I would use that just for announcements.
>>
>>
>> Any response/help appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Bogdan-Andrei Iancu <bogdan at opensips.org>
>> *Sent:* 13 October 2016 10:59
>> *To:* Jonathan Hunter; OpenSIPS users mailling list
>> *Subject:* Re: [OpenSIPS-Users] opensips 2.1 call_center queue position
>> Hi Jonathan,
>>
>> No, currently this is not possible. I was trying to envision a 
>> solution for your need.
>>
>> But, checking the code, it is really difficult to add the headers to 
>> the INVITEs originated by OpenSIPS (via the B2BUA), as we need some 
>> flexibility (different headers to different INVITEs belonging to the 
>> same B2B scenario , and even more, we need to traverse couple of 
>> internal APIs - to propagate the hdrs from Call center module all the 
>> way to TM).
>>
>> So, a simpler approach may be to add such extra info as URI params to 
>> the RURI. Like if you have the RURI "sip:queue at 192.168.1.10:5060" for 
>> the queue/waiting playback, the RURI in the INVITE to the media 
>> server will look like : 
>> sip:queue at 192.168.1.10:5060;cc_eta=40;cc_pos=10 - cc_eta being the 
>> estimated time to wait in seconds and cc_pos the position in the queue.
>>
>> What do you think of this ?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
>> OpenSIPS Founder and Developer
>> http://www.opensips-solutions.com
>> On 12.10.2016 17:21, Jonathan Hunter wrote:
>>> Hi Bogdan,
>>>
>>> Yes being able to grab the queue position would be perfect.
>>>
>>> Is that possible?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Subject: Re: [OpenSIPS-Users] opensips 2.1 call_center queue position
>>> To: hunterj91 at hotmail.com; users at lists.opensips.org
>>> From: bogdan at opensips.org
>>> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:42:43 +0300
>>>
>>> Hi Jonathan,
>>>
>>> When a call is mapped to a flow / queue (before playing the welcome 
>>> message), we know the ETA (estimated time to wait) and when is 
>>> placed in the queue (before playing the queuing) we internally know 
>>> the position in the queue.
>>>
>>> Would it help to have the position in the queue placed into a 
>>> custome SIP header, when sending the INVITE to the message_queue URL 
>>> ? or to the welcome message ?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
>>> OpenSIPS Founder and Developer
>>> http://www.opensips-solutions.com
>>> On 12.10.2016 12:06, Jonathan Hunter wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hello Bogdan,
>>>
>>>     Thanks for the response.
>>>
>>>     In terms of my question, with a number of queuing platforms,
>>>     they have the capability to tell the caller, what position they
>>>     are in , and when they are likely to be answered.
>>>
>>>     I just wondered if this logic was already within the module, or
>>>     if I would need to use an external code/script to facilitate
>>>     this function?
>>>
>>>     As I presume call_center tracks the number of calls currently in
>>>     a queue ? I would then want to be able to extract that
>>>     information, and if a caller was for example in 3rd place in a
>>>     queue, I could inject the relevant audio from freeswitch to tell
>>>     them their current position?
>>>
>>>     Does that make sense? :)   Just wanted to know if its something
>>>     this module can do?
>>>
>>>     Thanks
>>>
>>>     Jon
>>>
>>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>     Subject: Re: [OpenSIPS-Users] opensips 2.1 call_center queue
>>>     position
>>>     To: users at lists.opensips.org <mailto:users at lists.opensips.org>;
>>>     hunterj91 at hotmail.com <mailto:hunterj91 at hotmail.com>
>>>     From: bogdan at opensips.org <mailto:bogdan at opensips.org>
>>>     Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:23:45 +0300
>>>
>>>     Hello Jon,
>>>
>>>     The message_queue is a SIP URI pointing to an audio announcement
>>>     to play to roll of the waiting/in-queue playback. This needs to
>>>     be an announcements that never ends (from the perspective of the
>>>     media server); only the the OpenSIPS Queue may terminate the
>>>     playback, when it decides to take out the call from waiting and
>>>     to deliver it to an agent.
>>>
>>>     As for your question, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by
>>>     "inject a message with queue position for the caller in
>>>     question" - could you detail please ?
>>>
>>>     Regards,
>>>
>>>     Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
>>>     OpenSIPS Founder and Developer
>>>     http://www.opensips-solutions.com
>>>
>>>     On 11.10.2016 13:36, Jonathan Hunter wrote:
>>>
>>>         Hi guys,
>>>
>>>         I have implemented an opensips/freeswitch environment, and I
>>>         wish to add call queues to it, and I like the look of
>>>         call_center, so just checking this out in comparison to
>>>         mod_callcenter in FS world.
>>>
>>>         My main question is if using the call_center module if you
>>>         can inject a message with queue position for the caller in
>>>         question, as I cant see that in documentation, I only see
>>>         message_queue which I assume could be used to report the
>>>         callers position, but just wondered if anyone has done this
>>>         and if they could give me some tips as to if possible?
>>>
>>>         Many thanks
>>>
>>>         Jon
>>>
>>>
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