IP Library Granted Patent US 8,079,066
Granted Patent B1
US 8,079,066 · App. 11/942,758 · Granted Dec 13, 2011

Multi-domain login and messaging

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Patent No.
US 8,079,066
App. No.
11/942,758
Granted
Dec 13, 2011
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method, a computer readable medium and a system of multi-domain login and messaging are provided. The method for multi-domain login comprises inputting a local password by an agent, accessing a password vault with the local password, and retrieving at least one hidden password from the password vault, and logging the agent into at least one agent application using the at least one hidden password. The method for multi-domain messaging comprises retrieving information of an agent from a database, retrieving at least one skill group to which the agent belongs from the information, retrieving a message linked to the at least one skill group, and sending the message to the agent.

Claims (54)

1. A method for multi-domain login comprising:

inputting a local password by an agent;

accessing a password vault with the local password;

retrieving at least one hidden password from the password vault;

determining a message for the agent from at least one agent application, wherein the message comprises at least one of a message indicating a new product has become available for a task, a message indicating a new training is required for a task, a message indicating a new schedule for a task has become available, a message indicating additional information about the task, and an urgent need for an agent is available for a task; and

logging the agent into at least one agent application using the at least one hidden password.

2. A method of claim 1 , wherein multi-domain messaging comprising:

retrieving information of the agent from a database;

retrieving at least one skill group to which the agent belongs from the information;

retrieving the message linked to the at least one skill group; and

sending the message to the agent.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

subscribing the agent to the at least one skill group based on a skill set possessed by the agent; and

storing the at least one skill group of the agent in the database.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

locating at least one skill group required for a task;

locating at least one agent belonging to the at least one skill group;

retrieving a message pertinent to the at least one skill group; and

sending the message pertinent to the at least one agent.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein information of an agent comprises a set of skills possessed by the agent and at least one skill group to which the agent belongs.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one skill group comprises at least one agent possessing a set of skills required for a task.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the message is customized for at least one of the at least one skill group or the agent.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the password vault comprises at least one hidden password for logging into the at least one agent application.

9. A system for multi-domain login and messaging comprising:

at least one agent utilizing at least one system;

a communication server communicably coupled to the at least one system;

a database communicably coupled to the communication server;

an application communicably coupled to the communication server and the database, the application comprising a password vault; and

at least one agent application communicably coupled to the application, the application is operable to login the at least one agent into the at least one agent application utilizing at least one hidden password in the password vault, retrieve information of the at least one agent from the database, retrieve at least one skill group to which the at least one agent belongs from the information, retrieve a message linked to the at least one skill group, and send the message to the at least one agent, wherein the message comprises at least one of a message indicating a new product has become available for a task, a message indicating a new training is required for a task, a message indicating a new schedule for a task has become available, a message indicating additional information about the task, and an urgent need for an agent is available for a task.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the application is further operable to input a local password by the at least one agent, access the password vault with the local password, retrieve at least one hidden password from the password vault, and log the at least one agent into at least one agent application using the at least one hidden password.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the application is further operable to subscribe the at least one agent to the at least one skill group based on a skill set possessed by the at least one agent, and store the at least one skill group of the at least one agent in the database.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the application is further operable to locate at least one skill group required for a task, locate at least one agent belonging to the at least one skill group, retrieve a message pertinent to the at least one skill group, and send the message pertinent to the at least one agent.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the password vault comprises at least one hidden password for logging into the at least one agent application.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein information of the at least one agent comprises a set of skills possessed by the at least one agent and at least one skill group to which the at least one agent belongs.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one skill group comprises at least one agent possessing a set of skills required for a task.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable in at least one processor for multi-domain login, comprising instructions for:

inputting a local password by an agent;

accessing a password vault with the local password;

retrieving at least one hidden password from the password vault;

determining a message for the agent from at least one agent application, wherein the message comprises at least one of a message indicating a new product has become available for a task, a message indicating a new training is required for a task, a message indicating a new schedule for a task has become available, a message indicating additional information about the task, and an urgent need for an agent is available for a task; and

logging the agent into at least one agent application using the at least one hidden password.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage of claim 16 , further comprising instructions for:

retrieving information of an agent from a database;

retrieving at least one skill group to which the agent belongs from the information;

retrieving a message linked to the at least one skill group; and

sending the message to the agent.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage of claim 17 , further comprising instructions for:

subscribing the agent to the at least one skill group based on a skill set possessed by the agent; and

storing the at least one skill group of the agent in the database.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage of claim 17 , further comprising instructions for:

locating at least one skill group required for a task;

locating at least one agent belonging to the at least one skill group;

retrieving a message pertinent to the at least one skill group; and

sending the message pertinent to the at least one agent.

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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2022
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Mar 4, 2015
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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