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OVERVIEW
HooDaHek (hoo-dah-hek, as in 'who-the-heck?') is a collection of Asterisk AGI scripts, CGI scripts, and MySQL tables intended to implement your own in-house Caller ID database and notification services.

FEATURES
  • Alter the Caller ID as a phone call comes in via a database -- give a real name to the call instead of what the telephone company thinks it should be.
  • Track how many times someone has called and when, even if they don't leave a message.
  • Be notified of incoming calls, instantly, via:
  • Query the database to find a particular person's name, phone number, or the last calls that were made.

    WHY HOODAHEK?
    I wrote these scripts originally to enable my household phone system to identify who was calling, be able to modify and specify my own custom CallerID labels, and to have the phone system alert us via AOL Instant Messenger or MSN Messenger as to who was calling (or had called).

    HooDaHek is also very useful for practical applications -- I can avoid telemarketers and headhunters, as well as the occasional call for money. <g> I can make sure I answer my parental units or in-laws, and see when friends have called that don't like leaving messages (you'll all fry, I swear).

    I have also been told that it is VERY handy when you are setting up a MeetMe conference call and don't want to sit there waiting for the other people to connect -- you can instead wait for HooDaHek to alert you that someone has called in.

    These are only some of the practical uses of HooDaHek -- no doubt you'll find more!