Abstract:
A communication software module executing on a computerized appliance from a machine-readable medium includes functionality enabling a user to direct a communication event to a particular destination by an address of the destination, functionality for transmitting the destination address to a remote trust authority, functionality for initiating the communication event, and functionality for receiving trust information from the remote trust authority, the trust information associated with an enterprise or a person associated with the destination address. Various communication modules are provided, such as email clients, instant messaging systems, chat systems, and voice communication systems.
Abstract:
A method is provided for creating a portable history data record for a customer by integrating Web cookie data and telephone history data. The method includes the acts (a) retrieving and interpreting the Web cookie data, (b) retrieving and interpreting the telephone history data, (c) combining the data sets into a single data record eliminating redundant data, (d) formatting the data record for human or for machine interpretation, and (e) presenting the formatted data record to a point of service during or just ahead of an associated interaction event.
Abstract:
A management system for guiding an agent in a media- specific dialogue has a conversion engine for instantiating ongoing dialogue as machine-readable text, if the dialogue is in voice media, a context analysis engine for determining facts from the text, a rules engine for asserting rules based on fact input, and a presentation engine for presenting information to the agent to guide the agent in the dialogue. The context analysis engine passes determined facts to the rules engine, which selects and asserts to the presentation engine rules based on the facts, and the presentation engine provides periodically updated guidance to the agent based on the rules asserted.
Abstract:
In an interactive voice response system, a method is provided for selective enhancement of voice recognition capability during an interaction. The method includes the acts (a) taking a call and prompting for a voice response from the caller, (b) failing to recognize the response, (c) executing a routine to detect and isolate the captured word or phrase in the response, and (d) attempting to recognize the response a second time.
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:
Telephone call routing in networks is provided by forwarding routing data other than origination identification and destination identification in-band with calls, and using the in-band data at call destinations to do further routing. In some embodiments negotiation is accomplished between routers at different points in the network based on the in-band routing data. Practice of the invention extends to intelligent telephony networks and as well to simulated telephone calls between computers in wide area data networks, such as the Internet and Intranets.
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:
Telephone call routing in networks is provided by forwarding routing data other than origination identification and destination identification in-band with calls, and using the in-band data at call destinations to do further routing. In some embodiments negotiation is accomplished between routers at different points in the network based on the in-band routing data. Practice of the invention extends to intelligent telephony networks and as well to simulated telephone calls between computers in wide area data networks, such as the Internet and Intranets.