Network directories, Buddy list management – Obihai OBi1000 User Guide User Manual

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Buddy List Management

Basic  Buddy  List  operations  include:    

Add  a  contact  

Remove  a  contact  

Add  a  group  

Remove  a  group  

Add  contact  to  a  group  

Remove  contact  from  a  group  

Tag/untag  a  contact  as  a  favorite  

Accept  presence  subscriptions  (i.e.  invites)  from  other  users  

 
The  OBi1000  does  not  support  any  of  these  operations  from  the  phone  GUI.  However,  the  user  can  perform  these  
operations  by  running  a  PC  or  web  client  (such  as  Gmail)  and  logging  in  with  the  same  account  credentials  to  
manipulate  the  buddy  list.  The  phone  can  then  pick  up  the  changes  to  the  buddy  list  in  that  account  automatically.    
The  phone  should  be  thought  of  as  a  client  to  a  cloud  buddy  list,  with  the  management  of  the  buddy  list  performed  
via  the  online  service  that  hosts  the  buddy  list.      

Network Directories

A  network  directory  refers  to  a  directory  service  offered  by  a  service  provider  or  your  company,  which  could  be  one  
of  the  services  offered  by  the  soft  switch  or  PABX  the  phone  is  registering  with.  All  the  contacts  in  a  network  
directory  are  stored  on  the  server  and  are  downloaded  on  demand  when  the  Network  Directory  App  is  running.  A  
network  directory  may  be  grouped  into  a  number  of  sub-­‐directories.  For  example,  in  the  case  of  a  BroadSoft  soft  
switch,  the  network  directory  service  comes  with  the  following  sub-­‐directories  by  default:  

Group  

Group  Common  

Enterprise  

Enterprise  Common  

Personal  

 
The  network  directory  is  downloaded  once  when  the  app  is  launched.  The  user  may  force  a  download  after  the  app  
has  launched  by  pressing  the  “Refresh”  or  “Refresh  All”  soft  key.  There  is  a  “Search”  function  where  the  user  can  
enter  a  search  string  of  a  name  pattern  (such  as  Obi*)  and  submit  it  to  the  server.  The  server  then  returns  a  list  of  

entries  matching  the  search  criteria  to  display  on  the  phone  screen.  

 

 

 

Figure  26:  Snapshot  of  a  Network  Directory  (showing  the  Enterprise  sub-­‐

directory)  

 

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