IP Library Granted Patent US 8,295,468
Granted Patent B2
US 8,295,468 · App. 12/201,365 · Granted Oct 23, 2012

Optimized method to select and retrieve a contact center transaction from a set of transactions stored in a queuing mechanism

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Patent No.
US 8,295,468
App. No.
12/201,365
Granted
Oct 23, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method to select and retrieve contact center transactions from a set of transactions stored in a queuing mechanism. The system includes an interactive voice response system configured to accept at least one call and dynamically populate a web form with call data associated with the at least one call. The system also includes a queuing engine configured to allow a call agent to access the call data prior to the at least one call being connected to the call agent.

Claims (53)

1. A system comprising:

a computing device comprising an interactive voice response system, a queuing engine, and a routing engine, wherein the computing device is configured to:

accept at least one call and dynamically populate a web form with call data associated with the at least one call;

associate the at least one call with a unique identifier;

associate the unique identifier with a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the web form; and

create a queue including the unique identifier and the URL and a plurality of other unique identifiers and URLs associated with a plurality of other calls;

wherein the queuing engine is configured to allow a call agent to view the call data via the URL prior to the at least one call being connected to the call agent;

the queue is included in a website; and

the queue includes a respective status of the at least one call and of the plurality of other calls.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the interactive voice response system uses computer telephony integration (CTI) to attach the unique identifier to the at least one call; and

the call data is stored in a storage system against the unique identifier.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the call agent dynamically selects the at least one call from the queue.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the routing engine is configured to connect the call agent to the at least one call, and to create a conference call by connecting the call agent and a caller to one or more entities.

5. A computer implemented method for dynamically accessing call data associated with an incoming call, comprising:

associating a unique identifier with the incoming call;

associating a uniform resource locator (URL) to the unique identifier;

storing the call data at the URL, wherein the URL and the call data are dynamically accessible by a call agent;

connecting the call agent to the incoming call; and

creating a conference call between the call agent, the incoming call, and one or more entities.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5 , further comprising monitoring a communication between the call agent and the incoming call.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the call data is encrypted.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 5 , further comprising placing the incoming call on a virtual hold.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 5 , wherein a service provider at least one of creates, maintains, deploys, and supports a computer infrastructure that performs at least one of the steps of claim 8 .

10. The computer implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the steps of claim 6 are offered by a service provider based on one of a fee and subscription basis.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 5 , further comprising:

creating the unique identifier for the incoming call;

prompting a caller for the call data, wherein the call data is dynamically accessible by the call agent via a queue; and

permitting the call data to be one or more of accessed, revised, deleted, and added.

12. A method for deploying an application for queuing calls, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:

associate call data with a URL;

place the URL in a queue;

permit the URL to be accessed independent from a position of the URL in the queue; and

allow the call data to be dynamically viewed through the URL.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to obtain the call data automatically.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to route a call associated with the call data to a call agent after the call data is dynamically viewed.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the URL is associated with a call via a unique ID.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the call data is simultaneously viewable by a plurality of call agents.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the computer infrastructure is at least one of supported, deployed, maintained, and created by a service provider.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to:

associate a call with a unique identifier;

associate the unique identifier with the URL;

obtain the call data;

queue the URL for access by a call agent; and

route the call to the call agent.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein:

the queue includes the URL, the unique identifier, and a status associated with the call;

the queue includes a plurality of other URLs, unique identifiers, and statuses associated with a plurality of other calls; and

the queue is included and presented in a website.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein:

the website permits the call agent to view the call data through the URL prior to the routing the call to the call agent; and

the website is updated to reflect changes to the call data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2023
From: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
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