We're actually looking at NFC enabled mag stripe cards for student ID, door
access, etc.  Great technology, unfortunately there aren't any affordable
readers that have sufficient range to detect passage through a doorway, and
even if they did, the direction of travel is not indicated.

Tile is cool technology, at least until the battery dies.

I wasn't suggesting the transponder be implanted in the phone, but in
Chris.  Yes, it's a bit harsh,  Like I say, he's resistant…

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]>
wrote:

> An aircraft transponder is a bit harsh [and would drain your smartphone
> battery like you wouldn't believe] but have you considered either an RFID
> tag or a Tile (https://www.thetileapp.com/) or similar?  This would allow
> you to detect them coming and going and react accordingly.
>
> Andy
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Sorry John - I mis-read your message at first.  Yes, he wants 'out of
>> office' calls to go to the work phone and roll over to voice mail.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Not quite, John.  With a few exceptions our phone system Emails
>>> voicemail recordings as MP3 attachments.  I found a script 'sendmailmp3'
>>> that intercepts the .WAV format outgoing message.  Strips it apart,
>>> converts the WAV to an MP3 using LAME, then reassembles the outgoing
>>> message and passes it along to sendmail.
>>>
>>> The dream is to have the phone system magically know that Chris is in or
>>> out of the building and react accordingly.  The reaction, directing calls
>>> one way or another, is easy.  The hard part appears to have a method of
>>> detection that doesn't cause excess battery drain.
>>>
>>> I've tried to convince him to have an aircraft transponder implanted,
>>> but he's resistant to the idea.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe then log out when you arrive, and log in when you leave?
>>>>
>>>> " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured,
>>>> the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all
>>>> irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and
>>>> warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all
>>>> damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG
>>>> episode "The Drumhead"
>>>> - Alex Smith
>>>> - Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area USA
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:11 PM, John F. Eldredge <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> According to what he said, he wants to use his mobile phone, rather
>>>>> than his desk phone, while at work, and his work desk phone while not at
>>>>> work. I am guessing this is probably because he spends a good part of his
>>>>> work day away from his desk, and wants calls to his work phone during
>>>>> off-hours to roll over to voice mail instead of routing to his cell phone.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On March 30, 2015 7:04:12 PM CDT, "Alex Smith (K4RNT)" <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How about adding your mobile number to your PBX, and logging into
>>>>>> your desk phone when you're there? If you're logged out, it forwards to
>>>>>> your mobile.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech
>>>>>> censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains 
>>>>>> us
>>>>>> all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom
>>>>>> and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all
>>>>>> damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG
>>>>>> episode "The Drumhead"
>>>>>> - Alex Smith
>>>>>> - Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area USA
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 6:37 PM, John F. Eldredge <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The approach I would probably use for this would be to have a couple
>>>>>>> of scripts that would send some command to the Asterix server. The first
>>>>>>> one, triggered when my phone connected to the work network, would set 
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> Asterix server to reroute the phone calls. The second script, triggered
>>>>>>> when I set my cell phone to car mode, would set the Asterix server to 
>>>>>>> route
>>>>>>> the calls to my desk phone.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On March 30, 2015 2:37:06 PM CDT, Chris McQuistion <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Curt and I were discussing this idea this morning and it seems so
>>>>>>>> obvious that I'm sure someone is already doing this and there are 
>>>>>>>> probably
>>>>>>>> already some good ways of accomplishing this.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here's the idea.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I'm at work, I'd like our phone system (Asterisk-based
>>>>>>>> Elastix) to just route incoming calls over to my cell phone number,
>>>>>>>> instead.  I've got unlimited minutes and it is always on me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I leave work, I'd like the call routing to route to my desk
>>>>>>>> phone, as usual.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It seems like this shouldn't be too hard to accomplish.  If nothing
>>>>>>>> else, IFTTT could be used with the iOS Location or Android Location 
>>>>>>>> channel
>>>>>>>> to determine my geo-location.  From there, I have to DO SOMETHING with 
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> information, and then have Elastix act on it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is where I'm stuck.  My best ideas so far are to create a new
>>>>>>>> file in Dropbox or append a line in a Google Spreadsheet when I'm 
>>>>>>>> entering
>>>>>>>> or leaving the geo-location.  This seems a little kludge-y to me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone got a better idea of how to accomplish this goal?  It isn't
>>>>>>>> really important.  It's just one of those ideas that I've had for a 
>>>>>>>> long
>>>>>>>> time and I can't seem to let it go until I figure out how to do it...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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