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Computer-Telephony Integration
Through
Computer-Telephony Integration applications, organizations are providing more efficient, personalized service to
their customers. Such value-added services have become potentially decisive
differentiators in today's crowded, complex marketplace. High quality service, moreover, inevitably
results in highly satisfied customers and high levels of repeat and
referral business. At the same time, these organizations are increasing productivity and
reducing costs.
Computer-Telephony Integration (CTI) provides for the exchange
of information between telephones and computers. More specifically, CTI links telephone
switches with computers to coordinate computer information and intelligence
with telephone call handling to automatically add relevant data, fax, graphics,
and/or video to voice communications. Calls are enhanced according to the
availability of selected services or equipment that passes identifying information with a
telephone call.
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What Is the CTNG? The CTNG is
a software module that allows a computer to interact with a PABX using an
interface based on CSTA. The software module is not a complete application
that can be used directly, but is rather a means for writing customized
applications. The CTNG consists of routines for managing CSTA objects, and
performing services based on the CSTA Phase I standard, such as to answer
phone calls, make new calls, transfer and divert existing calls, make
conferences etc. To be able to use CTNG, one must have basic knowledge of
Microsoft COM and one of the programming languages running on Microsoft
Widnows platform, such as C/C++, Visual Basic or C#.
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CT-Active (SAg2)
SAg2 component is CSTA COM component providing more
visual support for CSTA. Component has call state list view as a graphical
interface (GUI) showing information about all cexisting calls including A
(ANI) and B (DNIS) number, ACD queue, status, call duration etc. User,
i.e. programmer who is using SAg2, does not need much of surrounding
code to access full functionality of CSTA services because they are
provided by SAg2 itself. As stated for CTNG, user must have only basic
knowledge of Microsoft COM and one of the programming languages running on
Microsoft Windows platform.
Sample Visual Basic application containing CTNG SAg2 ActiveX.
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