Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Managing queued voice calls
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Application No.: US17414533Application Date: 2018-12-19
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Publication No.: US11477323B2Publication Date: 2022-10-18
- Inventor: Xiaoping Li
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Sage Patent Group
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/085888 WO 20181219
- International Announcement: WO2020/125971 WO 20200625
- Main IPC: H04M3/523
- IPC: H04M3/523 ; H04M1/72409

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method of managing a voice call having been queued to await a response by a human representative of a call centre, and a device performing the method. In an aspect, a method is provided of managing a voice call having been queued to await a response by a human representative of a recipient of the voice call, the method being performed by a communications device of a calling party and which includes detecting, from a voice indication provided by the recipient, information indicating a current position of the voice call in the queue, and displaying the detected information indicating a current position of the voice call in the queue.
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