Systems and methods for invisible identification of agents participating in on-line communication sessions

1. A computerized-method for identification of a particular agent within a contact center that participates in an on-line chat session with a customer, the method comprising:

receiving, via an on-line chat system running on a computer, a request from the customer to initiate the on-line chat session;

generating, via the computer, a message for transmission to the customer in the on-line chat session;

inserting, via the computer, an invisible identifier into the text of the message that is not viewable by any participants in the on-line chat session,

wherein the invisible identifier comprising a string of a plurality of strings in the on-line chat session having a sequence of characters that are invisible in text;

wherein the invisible identifier is mapped to an agent identifier and uniquely identifies the particular agent of a plurality of agents that participates in the online-chat session; and

wherein the invisible identifier is different from the agent identifier;

transmitting, via the on-line chat application running on the computer, the message with the invisible identifier to the customer;

storing the message with the invisible identifier by the on-line chat system, without modifying a transcript storing function of the on-line chat system;

retrieving, via the computer, a transcript of the on-line chat session;

identifying, via the computer, in the text of the message transmitted to the customer in the transcript, the invisible identifier;

extracting, via the computer, the sequence of characters that are invisible in text from the identified string; and

converting, via the computer, the sequence into a number in any format to identify the particular agent using the agent identifier.

2. The computerized-method of claim 1 , wherein the message is an automated and customized greeting message containing the invisible identifier.

3. The computerized-method of claim 1 , wherein the on-line chat system does not provide an agent identifier.

4. The computerized-method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of strings in the on-line chat session is a transcript of the on-line chat session.

5. The computerized-method of claim 1 wherein the characters that are invisible in text are tabs, spaces or any other ASCII characters invisible in text and any combination thereof.

6. The computerized-method of claim 1 , wherein the identifier is a string of tabs, spaces, or any combination thereof.

7. The computerized-method of claim 1 , wherein the sequence is mapped to a logical representation of 1's and 0's.

8. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions for identification of a particular agent within a contact center that participates in an on-line chat session with a customer that are executable to cause one or more processors to:

receive a request from the customer to initiate the on-line chat session;

generate a message for transmission to the customer in the on-line chat session via an online chat system;

insert an invisible identifier into the text of the message that is not viewable by any participants in the on-line chat session,

wherein the invisible identifier comprising a string of a plurality of strings in the on-line chat session having a sequence of characters that are invisible in text,

wherein the invisible identifier is mapped to an agent identifier and uniquely identifies the particular agent of a plurality of agents that participates in the online-chat session, and

wherein the invisible identifier is different from the agent identifier;

transmit the message with the invisible identifier to the customer;

store the message with the invisible identifier by the on-line chat system, without modifying a transcript storing function of the on-line chat system;

retrieve a transcript of the on-line chat session

identify in the text of the message transmitted to the customer in the transcrip, the invisible indentifier;

extract the sequence of characters that are invisible in text from the identified string; and

convert the sequence into a number in any format to identify the particular agent using the agent identifier.

9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8 wherein the message is an automated and customized greeting message containing the invisible identifier.

10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8 wherein the plurality of strings in the on-line chat session is a transcript of the on-line chat session.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8 wherein the characters that are invisible in text are tabs, spaces or any other ASCII characters invisible in text and any combination thereof.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8 , wherein the on-line chat system does not provide an agent identifier.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8 , wherein the identifier is a string of tabs, spaces, or any combination thereof.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8 , wherein the sequence is mapped to a logical representation of 1's and 0's.