I've already posted this suggestion in the Python Forum at XBMC and I'm posting it here to try to gain support cuz i think this idea can be great:
I think it would be awesome if Caller ID support could be integrated into XBMC through python.....think about it, how many times have you been interrupted by the phone when watching a movie and don't wanna get up from your recliner?
A little popup box could come up (much like Xlink Kai) displaying the Caller ID information...and looking to the future, maybe even speak the information.
I found a project at SourceForge that does this on the PC already but it already has network integration so maybe someone can figure out how to bring that info to the XBOX since the information is already being broadcasted.
Here's the app I was talking about that would run on a PC as a server grabbing the info from a modem, all XBMC would have to do is listen for it, or grab the info and display it (I'm assuming):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ncid/http://ncid.sourceforge.net/I would have normally tested this software out before posting this topic but I won't be home till this weekend to try it and I wanted to gain support on this as soon as possible...btw, I have no programming skill what so ever, I'm just throwing the idea out cuz I think the whole XBMC community could benefit greatly.
I really hope people will back me up on this....I think it would really be a nice feature and hopefully Python can accomplish this, if not, maybe it could be considered as a feature suggestion for XBMC....what do you guys think?
Thanks
-Matt
EDIT: the above software package may not be the best choice....but I'll let developers make that decision, I'm still looking for other software options
EDIT 2: this package may be better:
http://www.aielli.info/en/software/callerid/ <--- Homepage
http://sourceforge.net/projects/calleridsuite/ <---- SF.net