IP Library Granted Patent US 10,244,108
Granted Patent B1
US 10,244,108 · App. 15/490,204 · Granted Mar 26, 2019

System, method and computer readable medium for call center management

Inventors: Michael J. Moore (Omaha, NE); Anne Marie Giles (Omaha, NE); Denise Ann Mallory (LaVista, NE); Erika Nelson Kessenger (Denver, CO); Bruce Pollock (Omaha, NE); Claire Denise Matt (Omaha, NE)
Assignee: West Corporation
H04M3/42221
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,244,108
App. No.
15/490,204
Granted
Mar 26, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A call center system is configured to record call data into call records. A transfer center within the call center transfers the call records to a database. A query engine, controlled from an interactive user interface, executes queries on the call data records in the database, allowing real-time analysis of the call data.

Claims (54)

1. A system, comprising:

a transfer center that transfers call data to at least one database;

a query engine that executes at least one query on the call data in the at least one database and provides real-time access to the call data;

wherein the at least one query identifies a frequent caller and transfers the frequent caller to a call agent, the frequent caller identified when the frequent caller exits a call path before reaching an end point of the call path more than a threshold number of times;

wherein a call record is initialized with an empty field that is filled with the call data when the call data becomes available; and

an interface that displays a result of the at least one query to a device of the call agent.

2. The system according to claim 1 comprising at least one call center which comprises an interactive voice response system and wherein said call data comprises a caller path through said interactive voice response system.

3. The system according to claim 2 wherein said at least one query comprises an interactive voice response system path query.

4. The system according to claim 3 wherein said interactive voice response system path query determines an exit point of said caller path.

5. The system according to claim 1 wherein said call data comprises a caller ID wherein said at least one query determines a caller frequency using said caller ID.

6. The system according to claim 2 wherein said call data is uploaded from said call center to said at least one database in response to conclusion of a call.

7. The system according to claim 6 wherein said call center creates a call record in response to initiation of a call.

8. The system according to claim 2 wherein said call data is transferred from said call center to said at least one database in response to initiation of a call.

9. The system according to claim 2 wherein the call center records the call data in a call record and wherein the call record has a structure compatible with the database.

10. A system, comprising:

a transfer center that transfers call data to at least one database;

at least one query engine that executes at least one query on the call data in the at least one database and provides real-time access to the call data;

wherein a call record is initialized with an empty field that is filled with the call data when the call data becomes available;

wherein the at least one query identifies a frequent caller when the frequent caller exits a call path before reaching an end point of the call path more than a threshold number of times; and

wherein the transfer center transfers the frequent caller to a call agent device.

11. The system according to claim 10 comprising a call center that records the call data during a call and wherein the transfer center transfers call data from the call center to the at least one database during the call.

12. The system according to claim 11 wherein the call center records the call data during a call and wherein the transfer center transfers call data from the call center to the at least one database in response to conclusion of the call.

13. The system according to claim 10 further comprising:

at least one query engine that executes at least one query on the call data in the at least one database; and

an interface that displays a result of the at least one query to a user.

14. The system according to claim 13 wherein said call data includes survey results and wherein said at least one query collates the survey results from a plurality of callers.

15. A method, comprising:

creating a call record in response to initiation of a call;

completing one or more fields of said call record;

transferring said call record to a database in response to said call being concluded;

executing a query on said call record in said database, thereby providing real-time access to the call record;

at least a call record is initialized with an empty field that is filled for recording call data when the call data becomes available; and

identifying a frequent caller using the query and transferring the frequent caller to a call agent device, the frequent caller identified when the frequent caller exits a call path before reaching an end point of the call path more than a threshold number of times.

16. The method according to claim 15 further comprising recording a call path through an interactive voice response system in said call record.

17. The method according to claim 15 further comprising executing a query on said database.

18. A method, comprising:

transferring call data to a database;

executing a query on the database, thereby providing real-time access to the call data;

initializing at least a call record with an empty field that is filled with the call data when the call data becomes available;

identifying a frequent caller using the query; and

transferring the frequent caller to a call agent device, the frequent caller identified when the frequent caller exits a call path before reaching an end point of the call path more than a threshold number of times.

19. The method according to claim 18 further comprising creating a call record in a database in response to initiation of said call.

20. The method according to claim 19 further comprising transferring data to one or more fields of said call record during said call.

21. The method according to claim 20 further comprising executing a query on said database during a call.

22. The method according to claim 21 further comprising determining an identity of a caller of said call, wherein executing a query comprises retrieving one or more call records associated with said identity.

23. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

record call data into one or more fields of a call record;

transfer the call data to a database;

execute at least one query on the call data in the database and thereby provide real-time access to call data;

wherein a call record is initialized with an empty field that is filled with the call data when the call data becomes available;

identify a frequent caller using the at least one query; and

transfer the frequent caller to a call agent device, the frequent caller identified when the frequent caller exits a call path before reaching an end point of the call path more than a threshold number of times.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23 further comprising instructions for determining conclusion of a call and transferring the call record to the database.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23 wherein said call data is transferred to said database in real time.

Assignments (5)
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 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2023
From: INTRADO CORPORATION
To: WEST TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC
Reel/Frame 063239/0876 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2023
From: WEST CORPORATION
To: INTRADO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063239/0900 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST (SECOND LIEN) IN PATENTS Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: CX360, INC.; WEST TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC (FKA INTRADO CORPORATION, FKA WEST CORPORATION); INTRADO INTERACTIVE SERVICES CORPORATION (FKA WEST INTERACTIVE SERVICES CORPORATION, FKA COBALT ACQUISITION COMPANY)
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062571/0018 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (FIRST LIEN) Recorded Oct 10, 2017
From: WEST CORPORATION
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 044166/0901 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation 12058073 · Mar 28, 2008