IP Library Granted Patent US 10,075,591
Granted Patent B1
US 10,075,591 · App. 15/605,592 · Granted Sep 11, 2018

Agent application and integrated call processing platform

Inventors: Jonathan R. Dirienzi (Eagleville, PA); Jonathan Levine (Chesterbrook, PA); Eric Weaver (West Chester, PA)
Assignee: West Corporation
H04M3/5183H04L67/306H04M3/5133H04M3/5235H04M2203/256
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Patent No.
US 10,075,591
App. No.
15/605,592
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

Agents operating at call centers or other customer support service networks may assist large numbers of customers consecutively and in a dynamic manner. One example may include receiving a plurality of calls for customer service support from a corresponding plurality of customer devices at a call routing server, retrieving user profiles associated with the plurality of calls and identifying call information for the plurality of calls, determining at least one call is associated with a first user profile having a task deadline approaching sooner than the other user profiles, and establishing a priority for the at least one call to be processed by an agent device.

Claims (72)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a plurality of calls for customer service support from a corresponding plurality of customer devices, by an agent server;

retrieving user profiles associated with each of the plurality of calls and identifying call information for each of the plurality of calls, by an agent server;

determining, by the agent server, that at least one of the plurality of calls is associated with a profile of a first user having a task deadline approaching sooner than other profiles of other users;

establishing, by the agent server, based on the determining, a priority for the at least one call to be processed by an agent device; and

transmitting the established priority to the agent device, by the agent server.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

processing the call information, by the agent server, to extract call content comprising call purposes, requests, and current health conditions of each of the plurality of calls;

queueing the plurality of calls, by the agent server, in a predefined order based on the call content extracted from the call information; and

displaying, by an agent device, a plurality of user interface tabs in a predefined order on an agent interface of the agent device assigned to process the calls.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying, by the agent device, at least one satisfied request among the requests; and

modifying the predefined order, by the agent device, to promote at least one user interface tab to a first tab position, wherein the promoted user interface tab comprises a similar request to the at least one satisfied request.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , further comprising:

retrieving an agent profile comprising at least one agent preference record, by the agent device; and

identifying at least one agent preference for ordering the user interface tabs, by the agent device.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising:

applying the at least one agent preference, by the agent device, by comparing the call content to at least one term associated with the at least one agent preference.

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

matching the at least one term associated with the at least one agent preference to the call content, by the agent server; and

increasing a priority of the at least one user interface tab comprising the matched at least one term, by the agent server.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, by the agent device, a new order of the user interface tabs on the agent device based on changes to the priority of the at least one user interface tab.

8. A system, comprising:

an agent device assigned to process calls; and

an agent server that comprises:

a receiver configured to receive a plurality of calls for customer service support from a corresponding plurality of customer devices; and

a processor configured to:

retrieve user profiles associated with each of the plurality of calls and identifying call information for each of the plurality of calls,

determine at least one of the plurality of calls is associated with a profile of a first user having a task deadline approaching sooner than other profiles of other users,

establish, based on the determined association, a priority for the at least one call to be processed by the agent device, and

transmit the established priority to the agent device.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein

the agent server is further configured to:

process the call information to extract call content comprising call purposes, requests, and current health conditions of each of the plurality of calls, and

queue the plurality of calls in a predefined order based on the call content extracted from the call information, and

the agent device is configured to display a plurality of user interface tabs in a predefined order on an agent interface of the agent device assigned to process the calls.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the agent device is further configured to:

identify at least one satisfied request among the requests, and

modify the predefined order to promote at least one user interface tab to a first tab position, wherein the promoted user interface tab comprises a similar request to the at least one satisfied request.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the agent device is further configured to:

retrieve an agent profile comprising at least one agent preference record, and

identify at least one agent preference to order the user interface tabs.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the agent device is further configured to:

apply the at least one agent preference by comparing the call content to at least one term associated with the at least one agent preference.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the agent server is further configured to:

match the at least one term associated with the at least one agent preference to the call content, and

increase a priority of the at least one user interface tab comprising the matched at least one term.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the agent device is further configured to:

display a new order of the user interface tabs on the agent device based on changes to the priority of the at least one user interface tab.

15. Non-transitory computer readable storage media configured to store instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause respective processors at a call routing server to perform:

receiving a plurality of calls for customer service support from a corresponding plurality of customer devices;

retrieving user profiles associated with each of the plurality of calls and identifying call information for each of the plurality of calls;

determining at least one of the plurality of calls is associated with a profile of a first user having a task deadline approaching sooner than other profiles of other users;

establishing, based on the determining, a priority for the at least one call to be processed by an agent device; and

transmitting the established priority to the agent device.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the respective processors to perform:

processing the call information to extract call content comprising call purposes, requests, and current health conditions of each of the plurality of calls;

queueing the plurality of calls in a predefined order based on the call content extracted from the call information; and

displaying a plurality of user interface tabs in a predefined order on an agent interface of the agent device assigned to process the calls.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the respective processors to perform:

identifying at least one satisfied request among the requests; and

modifying the predefined order to promote at least one user interface tab to a first tab position, wherein the promoted user interface tab comprises a similar request to the at least one satisfied request.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the respective processors to perform:

retrieving an agent profile comprising at least one agent preference record; and

identifying at least one agent preference for ordering the user interface tabs.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the respective processors to perform:

applying the at least one agent preference by comparing the call content to at least one term associated with the at least one agent preference.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the respective processors to perform:

matching the at least one term associated with the at least one agent preference to the call content;

increasing a priority of the at least one user interface tab comprising the matched at least one term; and

displaying a new order of the user interface tabs on the agent device based on changes to the priority of the at least one user interface tab.

Assignments (6)
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN CERTAIN PATENTS AT R/F 044166/0901 Recorded Jun 22, 2021
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: WEST HEALTH ADVOCATE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 056647/0913 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: INTRADO CORPORATION
To: WEST HEALTH ADVOCATE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 055708/0042 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 25, 2020
From: LEVINE, JONATHAN
To: WEST CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054464/0793 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 3, 2020
From: WEST CORPORATION
To: INTRADO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052080/0623 →
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2017
From: DIRIENZI, JONATHAN R.; LEVINE, JONATHAN; WEAVER, ERIC
To: WEST CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042532/0924 →