IP Library Granted Patent US 9,942,399
Granted Patent B2
US 9,942,399 · App. 14/447,598 · Granted Apr 10, 2018

System and methods for tracking unresolved customer involvement with a service organization and automatically formulating a dynamic service solution

Inventors: Yi Chang (Saratoga, CA); Robert Andrew Finan (Stockerau, AT); Richard McCrossan (Lisburn, GB); Brian Bischoff (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
H04M3/5175
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Patent No.
US 9,942,399
App. No.
14/447,598
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for managing customer involvement with a contact center involves one or more monitoring applications executing on one or more computerized servers associated with the contact center, the applications monitoring communications between individual customers and the center; and a rules engine executing on the one or more computerized servers, the rules engine accessible to the monitoring application, the rules engine enabled to generate and implement business rules. Upon detection by one of the monitoring applications of an instance of unsuccessful or incomplete interaction between a customer and the contact center, session data determined during monitoring is used by the rules engine to determine contact center-initiated activity to be implemented to establish new communication with the customer to resolve issues related to the unsuccessful or incomplete interaction.

Claims (40)

1. A system for managing customer involvement with a contact center, the system comprising:

a switch configured to receive a plurality of communications for routing to one or more contact center resources;

a processor coupled to the switch; and

a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

establish a current communication session with an end user device;

identify a user engaged in the current communication session;

determine, during the current communication session, whether data for a terminated interaction conducted prior to the current communication session exists for the user in a database, wherein the terminated interaction includes an automated interaction process comprising a plurality of predetermined stages arranged in a predetermined sequential order, wherein the automated interaction process was terminated after completing a first stage from among the plurality of predetermined stages arranged in the predetermined sequential order;

retrieve the data for the terminated interaction from the database, wherein the retrieved data includes information on which of the plurality of stages of the automated interaction process during the terminated interaction were completed;

determine, from the retrieved data, a commercial goal of the user that went unsatisfied;

transmit a signal to the switch for routing the current communication session to a contact center communication device based on the retrieved data for the terminated interaction;

resume the current communication session at a second stage from among the plurality of stages that is arranged after the first stage in the predetermined sequential order based on the retrieved data; and

initiate an activity directed to the process based on the commercial goal.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data for the terminated interaction indicates at least one of a failed connection attempt, failed transaction attempt, unanswered message, or uncompleted process.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data for the terminated interaction indicates an uncompleted process.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the uncompleted process is an uncompleted interaction with an interactive voice response system.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the uncompleted process is an uncompleted Web session.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the activity includes invoking an agent during the current communication session for aiding the user in the uncompleted Web session.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the current communication session is a telephone session, chat session, or messaging session.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the uncompleted Web session runs concurrently with the current communication session.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the current communication session and the terminated interaction are associated with different types of communication media.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions that cause the processor to initiate an activity directed to the process include instructions that cause the processor to prompt resumption of the process from a point in which the process was discontinued.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions that cause the processor to initiate an activity includes instructions that cause the processor to prioritize routing of an interaction associated with the current communication session, to an agent.

12. A method for managing customer involvement with a contact center, comprising:

establishing, by a processor, a current communication session with an end user device;

identifying, by the processor, a user engaged in the current communication session;

determining, by the processor, during the current communication session, whether data a terminated interaction conducted prior to the current communication session exists for the user in a database, wherein the terminated interaction includes an automated interaction process comprising a plurality of predetermined stages arranged in a predetermined sequential order, wherein the automated interaction process was terminated after completing a first stage from among the plurality of predetermined stages arranged in the predetermined sequential order;

retrieving, by the processor, the data for the terminated interaction from the database, wherein the retrieved data includes information on which of the plurality of stages of the automated interaction process during the terminated interaction were completed;

determining, by the processor, from the retrieved data, a commercial goal of the user that went unsatisfied;

transmitting, by the processor, a signal to a switch for routing the current communication session to a contact center communication device based on the retrieved data for the terminated interaction;

resuming, by the processor, the current communication session at a second stage from among the plurality of stages that is arranged after the first stage in the predetermined sequential order based on the retrieved data; and

initiating, by the processor, an activity directed to the process based on the commercial goal.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the data for the terminated interaction indicates at least one of a failed connection attempt, failed transaction attempt, unanswered message, or uncompleted process.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the data for the terminated interaction indicates an uncompleted process.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the uncompleted process is an uncompleted interaction with an interactive voice response system.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the uncompleted process is an uncompleted Web session.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the activity includes invoking an agent during the current communication session for aiding the user in the uncompleted Web session.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the current communication session is a telephone session, chat session, or messaging session.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein the current communication session and the terminated interaction are associated with different types of communication media.

20. The method of claim 12 wherein the activity includes prompting resumption of the process from a point in which the process was discontinued.

21. The method of claim 12 , wherein the activity includes prioritizing routing of an interaction associated with the current communication session, to an agent.

Assignments (6)
NOTICE OF SUCCESSION OF SECURITY INTERESTS AT REEL/FRAME 04814/0387 Recorded Feb 5, 2025
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS RESIGNING AGENT
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 070115/0445 →
NOTICE OF SUCCESSION OF SECURITY INTERESTS AT REEL/FRAME 040815/0001 Recorded Feb 3, 2025
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS RESIGNING AGENT
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 070498/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 13, 2024
From: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
To: GENESYS CLOUD SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 067391/0117 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 22, 2019
From: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.; ECHOPASS CORPORATION; GREENEDEN U.S. HOLDINGS II, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 048414/0387 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2017
From: CHANG, YI; FINAN, ROBERT; MCCROSSAN, RICHARD; BISCHOFF, BRIAN
To: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 044136/0357 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 5, 2016
From: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC., AS GRANTOR; ECHOPASS CORPORATION; INTERACTIVE INTELLIGENCE GROUP, INC.; BAY BRIDGE DECISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 040815/0001 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12342368 · Dec 23, 2008
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