IP Library Granted Patent US 8,117,064
Granted Patent B2
US 8,117,064 · App. 11/359,358 · Granted Feb 14, 2012

Systems and methods for workforce optimization and analytics

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Patent No.
US 8,117,064
App. No.
11/359,358
Granted
Feb 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for an optimizing operations at a contact center. In one embodiment, an integrated contact center comprises: a content recorder configured to record content of plurality of agent interactions; an analytics component configured to perform speech analysis on at least a portion of the agent interactions, and further configured to evaluate the interactions based on a plurality of criteria, producing a score; and a quality monitor configured to associate the analyzed interactions with interaction metadata.

Claims (13)

1. An integrated contact center comprising:

at least one computing device;

a content recorder configured to record content of a plurality of customer-agent interactions through a network;

an analytics component of the at least one computing device configured to perform speech analysis using:

an unstructured data analysis to extract context and identification of words/phrases;

a conversion of audio of the customer-agent interactions to a phonetic representation to tag the customer-agent interactions;

a plurality of patterns of at least a portion of the customer-agent interactions to determine patterns that match the customer-agent interactions, wherein each pattern has a weight and an associated bucket from a plurality of buckets; and

a classification of the analyzed interactions into one of the plurality of buckets by matching the analyzed interactions with a predetermined number of patterns in the one of the plurality of buckets, and wherein it is determined if a sum of the weights of the predetermined number patterns associated with the one of the plurality of buckets that match the customer-agent interactions exceed a threshold for that bucket, the threshold being associated with an intent of a customer associated with the customer-agent interactions, and producing an evaluation based on the classification;

a quality monitor of the at least one computing device configured to determine a quality score for one of the interactions, based at least in part on the evaluation produced by the analytics component;

a learning component of the at least one computing device to deliver a targeted learning session to an agent through the network based at least in part on the quality score or the evaluation, wherein the lesson includes a lesson completion date; and

an adherence component that determines if a lesson has been completed by the lesson completion date, and if not, notes an exception to adherence for the agent.

2. The integrated contact center of claim 1 , wherein the analytics component is further configured to determine, based on the classification, whether one of a plurality of predefined activities occurred within the interaction.

3. The integrated contact center of claim 1 , wherein the analytics component is further configured to classify calls into one of a plurality of call patterns based on content.

Assignments (9)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2025
From: VERINT AMERICAS INC.
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: VERINT AMERICAS INC.
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GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Jul 21, 2017
From: VERINT AMERICAS INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 043293/0567 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2017
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: VERINT AMERICAS INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Oct 21, 2013
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: VERINT AMERICAS INC.; VERINT SYSTEMS INC.; VERINT VIDEO SOLUTIONS INC.
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GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Oct 21, 2013
From: VERINT AMERICAS INC.
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 29, 2013
From: WITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.
To: VERINT AMERICAS INC.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 2, 2011
From: VERINT AMERICAS INC.
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2006
From: BOURNE, JOHN; MURRAY, EDWARD; IANNONE, JEFF; KEREN, SHIMON; MCLEAN, NICK; BOURKE, MICHAEL R.; FAMA, JASON; WATSON, JOSEPH; NIES, JAMES GORDON; LYERLY, THOMAS
To: WITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 017576/0680 →