Abstract:
A call center system has a computerized server executing software (SW) from a machine-readable medium, a data collection function of the SW enabled for collecting data regarding incoming transactions, a data processing function coupled to the data collection engine and enabled for processing the data collected against a set of business rules, the data processing function determining a priority level for individual ones of the incoming transactions, and a distribution function enabled for distributing a priority indication determined by the data processing function to one or more presentation interfaces accessible to agents, at or near the time the associated transaction is engaged by the agent.
Abstract:
A system for serving electronic advertisements over a data packet network has a node connected to the data packet network, data storage accessible to the node for holding advertisements for service and associated data, and a software instance running on the node for selecting and causing placement of advertisements including selected associated data. The system is characterized in that the advertisements are selected and served base on some real time information accessible to the software instance and wherein the associated data may be individually or collectively embedded into or deployed with the advertisements based at least in part on evaluation of the information accessed.
Abstract:
A system for integrating a contact center, an agent station, and a customer relation management server for communication includes a network adapter node having port connection to the contact center, the agent station, and the customer relation management server; and one or more dynamic states running on the network adapter mode wherein the one or more states described represent current agent activity and presence attributes according to model. In preferred application the customer relation management server is adapted to deliver data and or services or notification of availability thereof to the agent station based on the current state information for one or more events active or in queue for the agent station.
Abstract:
A telephone call distribution system for determining destination for an incoming telephone call in a telephony network (100) including a service control point (SCP) (101) operates with a plurality of workstations (361, 362) each comprising a telephone (131, 132) coupled to the telephony network (100) and a proximate computer station having a video display unit (PC/VDU) (331, 332), the PC/VDU (331, 332) connected to the SCP (101) via a wide range area network (WAN), and a personal router (207) associated with each PC/VDU (331, 332). The SCP (101) broadcasts data pertaining to the incoming telephone call and a request for a destination to individual ones of the PC/VDUs (331, 332) via the WAN, and the personal routers (207) negotiate a destination based on individual routing rules and the data pertaining to the call. At least one of the individual routers responds to the SCP (101) with a destination for the call.
Abstract:
A method for a reporting application to flexibly report the status of an entity in a call center to a requesting application is provided. The entity could be in one or more states. Examples of an entity are a directory number (217-219, 223 and 224), an agent (230 and 231), a group (232 and 233), a routing point (214-216, 221 and 222), and an agent place (226-228). The requesting application sets the priority of these states belonging to the entity by sending a status priority table to the reporting application. The reporting application reports the status based on the active states of the entity and the priority table. As an example, the reported status could be the active state having the highest priority in the table. This state is reported back to the requesting application. Because different requesting applications could present different priority tables, the reporting application could report different states for the same entity.
Abstract:
Telephone call routing in networks is provided by forwarding routing data other than origination identification and destination identification in-band with calls (107), and using the in-band data at call destinations to do further routing. In some embodiments negotiation is accomplished between routers (201) at different points in the network (104, 121 and 122) based on the in-band routing data. Practice of the invention extends to intelligent telephony networks (100) and as well to simulated telephone calls between computers in wide area data networks, such as the Internet and Intranets.
Abstract:
An interactive directory (Fig. 2) provided for a workstation (110) having connected video monitor (132) and adapted for network access has an interactive display for displaying status for individual entities, being persons and organizations. Entities are listed in the display along with status for each entity (Fig. 2). There may be multiple fields for status, and some fields display telephone numbers, while others may provide alphanumeric display (Fig. 2). A remote contact address is stored and associated with each directory entity, and when the directory is active, the workstation (110) accesses status information from network sources associated with individual directory listings.
Abstract:
A plurality of aspects (113, 114, 120, 124) and embodiment of unique telephony apparatus and methods are disclosed, including but limited to video routing and conferencing, coordinating telephone calls with data pertaining to the calls, methods for implementing and operating call centers (110), routing calls by statistical modeling, using multiple object states in telephony software systems, and routing of electronic documents.