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Setting Up a Virtual Phone System With a Little Help From Some Friends |
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Written by Patrick Nelson
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 06:00 |
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FG_AUTHORS: Patrick Nelson
Twilio's cloud-based communications platform allows anyone with rudimentary Web-development knowledge to build a voice and SMS text application. An API, client, and various XML and other helper code is available that lets you build in PHP, C# and more. The basic concept behind all Twilio cloud telephony applications is that a user calls or texts a Twilio-provided number; Twilio then sends a request based on that call to your developed application; your application receives the request and sends XML to Twilio; Twilio then runs the instructions and interfaces with the caller.Read more: |