
Chapter 26: PC Client Softphone
interworking
The interworking feature allows the user to access the functionality of the SIP IP Deskphone using a
softphone client on their PC. On an incoming call, both the IP Deskphone and the PC Client Softphone
ring. When the user answers the IP Deskphone, the softphone remains available for Instant Messages,
video and other multimedia features.
The IP Deskphone, PC Client softphone, and the Call Server are all necessary to support interworking
and the Click-to-Answer functionality.
The interworking feature enables the IP Deskphone to automatically answer an incoming call for the
purpose of Click-to-Answer. To avoid any security risk, the user must pre-grant authorization to another
user, or user groups, to allow them to make requests for the IP Deskphone to automatically answer their
calls.
By using Click-to-Answer, the user can answer a call on their PC Client Softphone, causing the server to
send an auto-answer request to the IP Deskphone. (When a user logs in, the IP Deskphone sends a
special identifier so that only that specific IP Deskphone receives the request even though the user is
logged in on multiple IP Deskphones.) The call is answered without user interaction, but the microphone
is muted to prevent the device from being used as a listening device by a malicious user. When a call is
answered, the user hears a ring-splash notification and can un-mute the microphone to allow bidirectional
media.
Pre-granting authorization for the Answer-Mode
The user must specify which users or groups of users are authorized to request auto-answer.
The user can grant authorization through the Feature Options menu if the interworking feature
is enabled in the user's IP Deskphone device configuration.
The user can enable and disable one or more of the following groups:
• Allow Public—Authorizes anyone on the internet.
• Allow Friends List—Authorizes everyone on the user's Friends List.
• Allow Directory—Authorizes everyone in the user's Personal Directory.
• Allow Addresses—Acts as a white-list of domain names and SIP addresses that have
authorized users.
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