Abstract:
A system, method, and computer program product for dynamically adapting selections in an automatic phone support system is described. The invention may integrate a dynamic knowledge base of responses with the menu selections [306] on an automatic phone system or other response system to present the most frequently used items earlier in the option list [308], or otherwise order options [314] and information. Call data may be captured from single callers or historical ensembles of callers. An automatically generated similarity relationship may be used to initialize the system without historical call data, based on textual similarity or other techniques [310]. Prioritization of options [316] provides a more enjoyable, efficient experience for callers without increasing administrative overhead.
Abstract:
In order to reliably receive the appropriate provision of information according to the conditions of a plurality of terminal apparatuses, a state determining part determines the states of a mobile telephone and the like, and a communication destination device deciding part decides the communication in order of decreasing transmission precedence of provided information and also decides a terminal device that is able to provide received information. A content DB retrieves information to be provided, and a server communication part transmits the retrieved information to the decided terminal device. In this way, for example, when a terminal device of a higher precedence is in a state unable to make communication or is not suitable for displaying provided information, another terminal device is used to present the provided information, whereby the provision of information can be reliably received.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for detecting a stale number. A stale number detection device obtains a call number, a call number contact creation date, and a call number issue date for the call number. The stale number detection device determines that a stale number state exists when the call number issue date is later than the call number contact creation date. The stale number detection device generates a stale number notification based on the stale number state.
Abstract:
There is provided a method of detecting whether a first fixed-line telephone number has an active call forwarding condition, the method comprising monitoring the signals received in the set up of a telephone call to the first fixed-line telephone number; and detecting whether the first fixed-line telephone number has an active call forwarding condition based on the timing of signals received in the set up of the telephone call to the first fixed-line telephone number and/or the sequence in which signals are received in the set up of the telephone call to the first fixed-line telephone number.
Abstract:
A method (600) comprising establishing a first call between a first device having an associated first user and a second device having an associated second user (602). During the first call, the first device receives a second call from a third device having an associated third user (604). In response to receiving the second call, the first user is prompted with call-back options to respond to the second call (606). The call-back options can include ignore, accept, and auto-schedule a return call. In the event the auto-schedule a return call option is selected, an auto-schedule command is sent from the first device to a server (614). After the first call is terminated (618), the first user is prompted with calling options to call the third device in response to the first call terminating (620).
Abstract:
In a contact center, a system for processing communication events has an interaction server for managing events waiting to be routed, a routing server for routing the events, a rules engine, and a gateway server executing rules invocation logic and interacting with the rules engine. The interaction server tracks incoming events, initiates and sends a routing request to the routing server, including a special routing object, for each event that requires conformance to business rules, the routing server, executing the routing object, sends an execution request to the gateway server, which upon receipt of the request prepares a business object model (BOM), being a set of facts upon which the rules engine executes rules appropriate to the facts, resulting in routing direction for the routing server to route the event.
Abstract translation:在联络中心中,用于处理通信事件的系统具有用于管理等待被路由的事件的交互服务器,用于路由事件的路由服务器,规则引擎以及执行规则调用的网关服务器 逻辑和与规则引擎交互。 交互服务器跟踪传入事件,发起并向路由服务器发送路由请求,包括特殊路由对象,用于要求符合业务规则的每个事件,路由服务器执行路由对象,向网关发送执行请求 服务器,它在收到请求时准备一个业务对象模型(BOM),这是一组事实,规则引擎根据这些事实执行适合事实的规则,从而导致路由服务器路由事件的路由方向。 p >
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for communication by means of an electronic call assistant which is able to operate in at least either a background mode or in a foreground mode wherein: the electronic call assistant is arranged to arrange waiting tasks in a priority list in accordance with a priority sequence; and the foreground mode comprises at least a guiding mode which is entered by the electronic call assistant as soon as a user has switched the electronic call assistant from its background to its foreground mode and in which the electronic call assistant controls carrying out the waiting tasks in accordance with the priority sequence of the waiting tasks in the priority list.
Abstract:
A method, a base station (TA1, TA2) for a mobile telephone system and mobile exchange (1) for assigning in a mobile exchange (1) speech items requested by subscribers (A, B, C, D) belonging to the same group call group substantially simultaneously through interfaces to the mobile exchange (1), in which method a subscriber (A, B, C, D) belonging to a group call group and wishing to speak requests a speech item through an interface to the mobile exchange. To avoid problems caused by concurrent requests for a speech transmission turn from two subscribers, the following steps are taken: upon detection of a request for a speech item (101) from a subscriber (A, B, C, D), priority data (B', C') specific to the request for a speech item and including a priority is generated, and the mobile exchange (1) switches the speech signal transmitted by that subscriber whose request for a speech item has priority data (B') of the highest priority for the other subscribers to hear.
Abstract:
A method for establishing a temporally following voice connection of a user of a call center facility to the call center facility after a temporally preceding voice connection of the user to the call center facility has been established and has ended, wherein the temporally following voice connection relates to the temporally preceding voice connection, includes: in a first step, the temporally preceding voice connection between the user and the call center facility is established; in a second step that follows the first step, the temporally preceding voice connection is ended; in a third step that follows the second step, a text-oriented message is transmitted to the user, wherein the text-oriented message indicates the possibility of establishing the temporally following voice connection that relates to the temporally preceding voice connection; and in a fourth step that follows the third step, the temporally following voice connection is established.