[Freeswitch-dev] mod_conference - User Classes

[Anthony Minessale]

aww teaser...
I want to hear about the suprises!

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:25 AM, David Swardstrom <
dswardstrom at remotelink.com> wrote:

> Video is a separate topic. Would like to get into it someday.
>
> I refer you to the following example of a conference.
> This is the type of conference capability I am replicating to FreeSwitch.
> http://www.conferencecall1.com
> This type of conference requires an IVR front end to determine the
> room number and Host identifier. It also requires additional IVR
> capability to handle the menu enabled by a menu key.
> One of the features of this conference type is the ability to
> mute everyone who did not login as a host.
>
> I have used several different conference systems and have been working with
> the RemoteLink conference capabilities for over a year. Recently I spent
> some time looking at a outside "free" conferencing capability.
> I really have several primary goals:
> * Simple conferencing,
> * Replicate RemoteLink conferencing,
> * Provide a configurable system that can do even more sophisticated things.
>
> In conference types, there could be the capability of having more
> than two classes of Conferees. I have come up with 5 that seem to
> fit the range of capabilities desired.
> * Classes whose members are always allowed to speak.
>  Host/Moderator - Owner of the conference.
>  Assistant - Someone one who can control the conference (not owner).
>  Speaker - Think of this as a panel or a series of speakers.
> * Class of conferees that can be muted or unmuted by host/assistant
> control.
>  Guest
> * Class of conferees that are never allowed to speak
>  Participant
>
> I spent some more time looking over the mod_conference code and think
> that I would like to add two flags:
> * guest
> * listener
> At this time I do not see the need to have mod_conference track the
> difference between the 3 classes of speakers.
>
> Any API that uses “CONF_API_SUB_MEMBER_TARGET” is a potential
> user of these flags. For example.
> > To allow the capability to mute/unmute all guests.
> * mute <confname> mute <[member_id|all|last|guest]>
> * unmute <confname> mute <[member_id|all|last|guest]>
> > To allow the capability to deaf/undef all guests and listeners.
> * deaf <confname> mute <[member_id|all|last|guest|listener]>
> * undeaf <confname> mute <[member_id|all|last|guest|listener]>
> > To kick off guests or listeners only leaving the speakers:
> * kick <confname> mute <[member_id|all|last|guest|listener]>
>
> Note: I have found some other surprises in the code that I will address
> some other time.
>
> Regards, David Swardstrom
> (profile)http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/User:Dswardstrom
>
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