IP Library Granted Patent US 8,060,415
Granted Patent B2
US 8,060,415 · App. 11/468,704 · Granted Nov 15, 2011

Method for generating sales of a conversational voice response system

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Patent No.
US 8,060,415
App. No.
11/468,704
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one aspect, the invention provides a method for generating a sales lead for the sale of a CVR system. The method comprises initiating a call in which a human calls an organization and interacts with an interactive voice response (IVR) system that defines an interface to a database for an organization in order to obtain information from the database; generating a first audio file comprising a recording of the interaction; generating a second audio file comprising a recording of an interaction of the caller with a CVR system in order to obtain the same information from the database; presenting the first and second audio files to a decision maker in the organization who has some influence on a decision to purchase the CVR system; tracking when the decision maker accesses the audio files; and initiating contact with the decision maker once access of the audio files is established.

Claims (21)

1. A method for generating a sales lead for a conversational voice response system (CVR), the method comprising:

initiating a call in which a human calls an organization and interacts with an interactive voice response (IVR) system that defines an interface to a database for an organization in order to obtain information from the database;

generating a first audio file comprising a recording of the interaction;

generating a second audio file comprising a recording of an interaction of the caller with a CVR system in order to obtain the same information from the database;

presenting the first and second audio files to a decision maker in the organization who has some influence on a decision to purchase the CVR system;

tracking when the decision maker accesses the audio files; and

initiating contact with the decision maker once access of the audio files is established.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising navigating the database with the IVR system to obtain several distinct pieces of information; generating an ease indication for each of the several pieces of information that is representative of the ease with which the piece of information can be obtained; and selecting that information that has a low ease indication to navigate to as the information that the caller navigates to for purposes of the generating the first audio file.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein presenting the first and second audio file to the decision maker comprises developing web page code that can be rendered as a web page on a browser, the web page code having downloadable links to the first and the second audio files embedded therein; and sending a link to the web page code to the decision maker via email.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the email includes text explaining how the first and second audio files were generated.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising sending the email to the decision maker and to an administrative assistant for the decision maker.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising telephoning the organization to establish an identity of the decision maker and the administrative assistant.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein tracking comprises requesting a delivery confirmation from an email system that delivers the message.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein tracking comprises monitoring when the URL for the webpage code is accessed.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the link to the webpage code includes a uniform resource locator (URL) that has a part of a name for the organization therein.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating contact with the decision maker comprises telephoning the decision maker.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the decision maker is the chief executive officer of the organization.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the email is sent on a weekend.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the email includes a digital certificate.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction of the caller with the CVR system comprises a cross-sell prompt and response.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction of the caller with the CVR system comprises as up-sale prompt and response.

Assignments (7)
OMNIBUS ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Recorded Nov 25, 2024
From: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH (AS SUCCESSOR TO CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH IN ITS CAPACITY AS COLLATERAL AGENT)
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS THE SUCCESSOR COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069438/0775 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: WEST CORPORATION; WEST INTERACTIVE SERVICES CORPORATION; WEST SAFETY SERVICES, INC.; WEST UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.; RELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 046046/0547 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2018
From: WEST INTERACTIVE SERVICES CORPORATION
To: WEST CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045074/0294 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2017
From: WEST CORPORATION
To: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK, LLC
Reel/Frame 044791/0681 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2016
From: WEST CORPORATION; WEST INTERACTIVE SERVICES CORPORATION; WEST SAFETY SERVICES, INC.; WEST UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.; RELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 039093/0944 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 13, 2016
From: HOLLY CONNECTS, INC.; WEST INTERACTIVE CORPORATION II; WEST NOTIFICATIONS, INC.; WEST NOTIFICATIONS, INC.
To: WEST INTERACTIVE SERVICES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038893/0065 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 7, 2013
From: TUVOX INCORPORATED
To: WEST INTERACTIVE CORPORATION II
Reel/Frame 029772/0122 →