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Chapter 2: Push Interface Overview
Introduction
Push is the ability for an application to send content to the Web browser, to the topline of the
display, or to the audio transducers of 4610SW, 4620/4620SW, 4621SW, 4622SW, and
4625SW IP Telephones.
The Push interface was introduced in the 4600 Series IP Telephones’ Release 2.1 software.
Before that release, external applications interfaced with the IP telephone using the Web
browser. The Web browser interface requires users to “Pull” the data from an application, for
example, a user has to click a particular link or page to access the information.
With the Push interface, the application can spontaneously “push” the information to the
telephone without the user having to click a link.
Some uses of the Push interface can be:
● Broadcasting company news
● Sending meeting reminders with conference bridge numbers, so that users don’t have to
search for the conference number
● Streaming music, such as wake-up alarms in hotel rooms
● Streaming audio announcements
● Sending critical stock news information
● Broadcasting critical weather alerts
● Building intelligent databases to target information to an individual or groups of phones
This chapter provides an overview of the Push interface. Chapter 3: Creating Push Messages
and Chapter 4: Push Administration
provide detailed information on setting up and initiating
Push Messages.
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