IP Library Granted Patent US 11,856,141
Granted Patent B2
US 11,856,141 · App. 17/543,146 · Granted Dec 26, 2023

Methods and systems of providing response based on communication session participant request urgency

Inventors: Reinhard P. Klemm (West New York, NJ); George Erhart (Loveland, CO); Tamas Smahajcsik-Szabo (Budapest, HU); Oliver Huber (Mainz, DE); Wen-Hua Ju (Monmouth Junction, NJ); John Young (Buntingford, GB)
Assignee: Avaya Management L.P.
H04M3/5166H04L51/02H04M3/5183
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,856,141
App. No.
17/543,146
Filed
Dec 6, 2021
Granted
Dec 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2693
USPC
379/266.07
Abstract

Systems and methods include generating an urgency score associated with data associated with a communication session based on processing the data and using the urgency score to modify a behavior of a bot or a call center agent and optimize a contact center. Systems and methods include modifying behavior of a bot or an agent during the communication session in response to the data. Systems and methods include modifying dialog of a bot, or a script of an agent, and modifying a control flow for the communication session. Optimizing a contact center includes adjusting a workload of an agent associated with the communication session.

Claims (32)

1. A method for handling a communication, the method comprising:

processing, during a communication session, data associated with the communication session;

generating, during the communication session, an urgency score for the communication session based on the processing of the data; and

based on the urgency score, one or more of escalating the communication session, adjusting workload of a first agent participating in the communication session, and transferring the communication session to a second agent.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a script associated with one or more of the first agent and the second agent based at least in part on the urgency score.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, prior to transferring the communication session to the second agent, displaying an indication of the urgency score on a display associated with the second agent.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the urgency score is generated based in part on one or more prior communication sessions associated with a caller associated with the communication session.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the urgency score is generated based at least in part on a baseline urgency score associated with the caller.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the baseline urgency score associated with the caller is based on the one or more prior communication sessions associated with the caller.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a caller is associated with the communication session, wherein the urgency score is generated based at least in part on one or more prior communication sessions associated with callers other than the caller associated with the communication session.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising identifying the callers other than the caller associated with the communication session based on one or more attributes of the caller.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the urgency score is generated based at least in part on a baseline urgency score associated with the callers other than the caller associated with the communication session.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the baseline urgency score associated with the callers other than the caller is based on the one or more prior communication sessions associated with the callers other than the caller associated with the communication session.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the urgency score is generated based on one or more of words used by a caller during the communication session, a tone of a voice of the caller during the communication session, and a problem described by the caller during the communication session.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating an urgency bias associated with a caller associated with the communication session.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the urgency bias is based on prior communication sessions associated with the caller.

14. A user device comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute a method, the method comprising:

processing, during a communication session, data associated with the communication session;

generating, during the communication session, an urgency score for the communication session based on the processing of the data; and

based on the urgency score, one or more of escalating the communication session, adjusting workload of a first agent participating in the communication session, and transferring the communication session to a second agent.

15. A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code configured, when executed by a processor, to execute a method, the method comprising:

processing, during a communication session, data associated with the communication session;

generating, during the communication session, an urgency score for the communication session based on the processing of the data; and

based on the urgency score, one or more of escalating the communication session, adjusting workload of a first agent participating in the communication session, and transferring the communication session to a second agent.

16. The user device of claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises generating a script associated with one or more of the first agent and the second agent based at least in part on the urgency score.

17. The user device of claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises, prior to transferring the communication session to the second agent, displaying an indication of the urgency score on a display associated with the second agent.

18. The user device of claim 14 , wherein the urgency score is generated based in part on one or more prior communication sessions associated with a caller associated with the communication session.

19. The user device of claim 18 , wherein the urgency score is generated based at least in part on a baseline urgency score associated with the caller.

20. The user device of claim 19 , wherein the baseline urgency score associated with the caller is based on the one or more prior communication sessions associated with the caller.

Assignments (8)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT – SUPPLEMENT NO. 5 Recorded Jun 3, 2024
From: AVAYA LLC; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067606/0438 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT – SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 Recorded May 29, 2024
From: AVAYA LLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS AVAYA INC.); AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067559/0265 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 13, 2023
From: AVAYA LLC (F/K/A AVAYA INC.); AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 064896/0665 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (REEL/FRAME 61087/0386) Recorded May 18, 2023
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 063690/0359 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 4, 2023
From: AVAYA INC.; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; INTELLISIST, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063542/0662 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 3, 2023
From: AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; KNOAHSOFT INC.
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB [COLLATERAL AGENT]
Reel/Frame 063742/0001 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; AVAYA CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061087/0386 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2021
From: KLEMM, REINHARD P.; ERHART, GEORGE; SMAHAJCSIK-SZABO, TAMAS; HUBER, OLIVER; JU, WEN-HUA; YOUNG, JOHN
To: AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.
Reel/Frame 058333/0440 →