Non-voice Services and IP Phones

Phone Services: built using scripts which the IP phone executes to acquire information and display it

For example, some of the Cisco IP telephones (7940 and 7960) have a web browser which understands XML and a 133x65 pixel-based LCD display to display output.

Sample services:

Conference room scheduler
E-mail and voice-mail messages list
Daily and weekly schedule and appointments
Personal address book entries (⇒ any phone can become “your” phone)
Weather reports, Stock information, Company news, Flight status, Transit schedules, …
Viewing images from remote camera (for security, for a remote receptionist, …)

Transcript

[slide498] So there are lots of non-voice services that IP telephones are starting to support. So for instance, Cisco in their 7940 and 7960 phones Actually supported a web browser that understood XML. And they had a little screen on them and you could display things like conference room schedule or your e-mail notifications how many pending e-mails and voice messages did you have, your scheduled appointments, personal phonebook, weather report, stock prices. These kinds of things. As it is a browser, hey, go wild.