IP Library Granted Patent US 10,135,983
Granted Patent B2
US 10,135,983 · App. 14/951,030 · Granted Nov 20, 2018

On-call sharing of social media context and content

Inventors: Reinhard Klemm (Basking Ridge, NJ); David Skiba (Golden, CO)
Assignee: Avaya Inc.
H04M3/5191G06Q50/01H04M3/5235
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Patent No.
US 10,135,983
App. No.
14/951,030
Granted
Nov 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Associating customers of a contact center with their social media presence may provide mutual benefits to the customer and contact center. For example, a business operating a contact center can receive information about their current and potential customers and customers can receive additional information, incentives, or other perks by allowing access to their social media profile. When a customer initially calls a contact center, they are provided with a code and asked to post the code on a page or other aspect of the company's social media presence. The social media identity of the customer can then be associated with the customer placing the call. The call center can then access additional information about the customer and respond accordingly.

Claims (54)

1. A system, comprising:

a first communication interface to a first network; and;

a processor communicatively attached to the first communication interface and the processor, upon accessing a communication from a customer via the first communication interface:

selects an indicia;

prompts the customer to provide the indicia on a second network comprising a social media website,

monitors the social media website for the indicia;

upon identification of the indicia posted by a poster on the social media website, accesses a social media element of the poster;

associates the poster with the customer;

analyzes the social media element;

determines an interaction with the customer in accordance with the social media element of the poster; and

provides the communication to the customer, via the first communication interface, wherein the communication is modified to comprise the interaction.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the social media website comprises a plurality of social media websites and the processor monitors the plurality of social media websites for the indicia; and

the processor, upon identifying the indicia on one of the plurality of social media websites, determines the interaction with the customer in accordance with the social media element of the poster on the one of the plurality of social media websites.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor, upon failing to identify the indicia on the social media website for a first previously determined period of time, repeats the prompt of the customer to provide indicia on the social media website.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the processor, upon failing to identify the indicia on the social media website for a second previously determined period of time, omits the determining of the interaction with the customer in accordance with the social media element of the poster.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the social media element comprises an indicator of a reason for the call.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the processor determines the interaction in accordance with the reason.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor determines that the customer has been previously associated with the poster, the processor omits the prompting of the customer and monitoring for the indicia.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor determines the interaction to comprise a popup screen having thereon a cue selected in accordance with the social media element to be presented to a human agent while the human agent is engaged in the call with the customer.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor generates the indicia.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor generates the indicia to be unique during a previously determined period of time, determined, in part, by the likelihood of the customer being engaged in providing the indicia on the social media website.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the customer determines the indicia.

12. A method, comprising:

accessing a communication from a customer via a first communication interface to a first network;

selecting an indicia;

prompting the customer to provide the indicia on a second network comprising a social media website;

monitoring the social media website for the indicia;

upon identifying the indicia posted by a poster on the social media web site, accessing a social media element of the poster;

associating the poster with the customer;

analyzing the social media element;

determining an interaction with the customer in accordance with the social media element of the poster; and

providing the communication to the customer, via the first communication interface, wherein the communication is modified to comprise the interaction.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining the indicia has not been detected on the social media website for a first previously determined period of time; and

repeating the prompting step to prompt the customer to provide indicia on a social media website.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

determining the indicia has not been detected on the social media website for a second previously determined period of time; and

omitting the determining of the interaction with the customer in accordance with the social media element of the poster.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the social media element comprises an indicator of a reason for the call.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the interaction is determined in accordance with the reason.

17. A system, comprising:

means to access a communication from a customer via a network interface to a first network;

means to select an indicia;

means to prompt the customer to provide the indicia on a second network comprising a social media website;

means to monitor the social media website for the indicia;

upon identifying the indicia posted by a poster on the social media website, means for accessing a social media element of the poster;

means to associate the poster with the customer;

means to analyze the social media element;

means to determined an interaction with the customer in accordance with the social media element of the poster; and

means to provide the communication to the customer, via the network interface, wherein the communication is modified to comprise the interaction.

18. The system of claim 17 , further comprising means to determine that the customer has been previously been associated with the poster and omitting the prompting of the customer and monitoring for the indicia.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the means to select the indicia comprise means to generate the indicia.

20. The system of claim 16 , further comprising means to present an agent with a datum of the customer selected in accordance with the social media element.

Assignments (12)
(SECURITY INTEREST) GRANTOR'S NAME CHANGE Recorded Sep 21, 2023
From: AVAYA INC.
To: AVAYA LLC
Reel/Frame 065019/0231 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (REEL/FRAME 045034/0001) Recorded May 18, 2023
From: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC; OCTEL COMMUNICATIONS LLC; VPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ZANG, INC. (FORMER NAME OF AVAYA CLOUD INC.); HYPERQUALITY, INC.; HYPERQUALITY II, LLC; CAAS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.
Reel/Frame 063779/0622 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (REEL/FRAME 53955/0436) Recorded May 18, 2023
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 063705/0023 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (REEL/FRAME 61087/0386) Recorded May 18, 2023
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 063690/0359 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 4, 2023
From: AVAYA INC.; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; INTELLISIST, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063542/0662 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 3, 2023
From: AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; KNOAHSOFT INC.
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB [COLLATERAL AGENT]
Reel/Frame 063742/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS AT REEL 45124/FRAME 0026 Recorded Apr 26, 2023
From: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AVAYA HOLDINGS CORP.; AVAYA INC.; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 063457/0001 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; AVAYA CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061087/0386 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2020
From: AVAYA INC.; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; INTELLISIST, INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 053955/0436 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2018
From: AVAYA INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC; OCTEL COMMUNICATIONS LLC; VPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ZANG, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 045124/0026 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2018
From: AVAYA INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC; OCTEL COMMUNICATIONS LLC; VPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ZANG, INC.
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 045034/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2015
From: KLEMM, REINHARD; SKIBA, DAVID
To: AVAYA INC.
Reel/Frame 037135/0390 →
Continuity (1)
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