Granted Patent B1

US 10,623,567 · App. 15/961,079 · Granted Apr 14, 2020

Inventors: Andy E. Perdue (Atlanta, GA); Karl H. Koster (Sandy Springs, GA)

Assignee: Noble Systems Corporation

H04M3/5158H04M3/5133

Abstract

Claims (66)

1. A method by a call handler in a contact center to originate a call to a wireless telephone number associated with a party based upon a consent indicator data element, comprising:

selecting by the call handler a call record comprising the wireless telephone number associated with the party;

determining the consent indicator data element associated with the wireless telephone number reflects consent from the party to call the wireless telephone number;

establishing the call to the wireless telephone number from the call handler based on the consent indicator data element reflecting consent from the party;

displaying the wireless telephone number on a workstation computer used by the agent;

connecting an agent in the contact center to the call;

verbally receiving by the agent from the party during the call a revocation of consent to initiate future calls to the party at the wireless telephone number;

selecting a manage-consent icon on the workstation computer used by the agent during the call to manage data stored by the consent indicator data element;

receiving in the call handler during the call an indication of the agent selecting the manage-consent icon from the workstation computer;

modifying the consent indicator data element by the call handler during the call in response to receiving the indication of the agent selecting the manage-consent icon to reflect the revocation of consent by the party from receiving future calls to the wireless telephone number, wherein the call handler is programmed to not originate a subsequent call to the wireless telephone number based on the consent indicator data element reflecting the revocation of consent;

displaying a second telephone number with the wireless number on the workstation computer in response to receiving the indication of the agent selecting the manage-consent icon;

receiving a second input at the workstation computer during the call after the second telephone number is displayed, the second input indicating the revocation of consent should be associated with the second telephone number associated with the party displayed to the agent on the workstation computer during the call; and

in response to receiving the second input, modifying a second consent indicator data element during the call to reflect revocation of consent in regard to the second telephone number associated with the party.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second telephone number comprises a wireless telephone number.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

presenting consent status information related to the wireless telephone number during the call to the agent on the workstation computer in response to receiving the indication of the selection of the manage-consent icon from the workstation computer.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the consent indicator data element further comprises consent related information associated with the second telephone number associated with the party.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein establishing the call to the wireless telephone number from the call handler uses a predictive dialer to originate the call.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

modifying a consent indication in the consent indicator data element during the call to reflect the revocation of consent for originating text calls to the wireless telephone number.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

select a call record comprising a wireless telephone number associated with a party;

determine a consent indicator data element associated with the wireless telephone number reflects consent from the party to call the wireless telephone number;

establish a call to the wireless telephone number based on the consent indicator data element reflecting consent from the party;

connect an agent in a contact center to the call;

receive an indication during the call from a workstation computer used by the agent in the contact center, the indication reflecting the agent selecting a manage-consent icon displayed on the workstation computer, the indication provided in response to the party verbally indicating to the agent a revocation of consent to initiate future calls to the party;

modify the consent indication data element in the call record associated with the wireless telephone number during the call reflecting the revocation of consent of the party in response to receiving the indication;

retrieve during the call one or more other telephone numbers in the call record along with corresponding one or more consent indication data elements associated with the party; and

display to the agent on the workstation computer the one or more other telephone numbers and corresponding consent status information for an indicated channel type during the call with the wireless telephone number in response to receiving the indication during the call.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:

select a second call record comprising a second wireless telephone number after modifying the consent indication data element in the call record;

determine a second consent indicator data element associated with the second wireless telephone number reflects no consent from the party to call the second wireless telephone number; and

not originating a second call to the second wireless telephone number based on the second consent indicator data element reflecting no consent from the party to call the second wireless telephone number.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:

display the indicated channel type during the call to the agent on the workstation computer as a voice channel type.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , where the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:

modify the corresponding status information to reflect revocation of consent to initiate future calls to the party for the indicated channel type.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , where the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:

process a second input at the workstation computer during the call, the second input indicating the revocation of consent should be associated with at least one of the one or more other telephone number associated with the party; and

in response to receiving the second input, modifying a corresponding consent indication data element reflecting the revocation of consent in regard to the at least one of the one or more other telephone numbers associated with the party.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , where the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:

cause the at least one of the one or more other telephone numbers and a corresponding modified consent indication to be displayed to the agent using the workstation computer during the call.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein modifying the consent indication in the call record reflecting the revocation of consent in regard to the wireless telephone number further reflects the revocation of consent for text calls to the wireless telephone number.

14. A system for facilitating an agent in a call center managing consent for a party on a voice call with the agent using a workstation computer, comprising:

a call handler comprising a first processor configured to:

retrieve a call record comprising a wireless number and an associated consent indicator data element associated with the wireless number;

determine the consent indicator data element reflects consent to originate the voice call to the party using the wireless number;

cause the workstation computer to display a name of the party and the wireless number to the agent;

originate the voice call to the wireless number based on the consent indicator data element reflecting consent;

connect the agent to the voice call, wherein the agent is using the workstation computer, wherein the wireless number is displayed after the agent is connected to the voice call;

receive an indication during the call from the workstation computer as a result of the agent selecting a manage-consent icon displayed to the agent, wherein the manage-consent icon is selected by the agent after receiving a verbal request from the party to revoke consent for future calls to the party,

update the consent indicator data element during the call in response to receiving the indication to reflect revocation of consent by the party to receive future calls to the party, and

cause at least one other telephone number associated with the party and a corresponding modified consent indication to be displayed with the wireless number during the call to the agent using the workstation computer; and

the workstation computer, comprising a second processor configured to:

display the manage-consent icon to the agent during the call,

send the indication to the call handler during the call as a result of the manage-consent icon selected by the agent, and

display during the call the at least one other telephone number and the corresponding modified consent indication.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the first processor in the call handler is further configured to:

receive a second indication from the workstation computer during the call to revoke consent for the at least one other telephone number; and

modify a corresponding consent indicator data element associated with the at least one other telephone number to reflect that consent has been revoked.

16. The system of claim 14 wherein the first processor in the call handler is further configured to:

update the consent indication data element associated with the party during the call reflecting revocation of consent to receive future calls comprising text calls to the party.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the first processor in the call handler is configured to originate the call to the party by predictively dialing the call using the wireless number.

18. The system of claim 14 , wherein the first processor in the call handler is further configured to:

receive a second indication from the workstation computer during the call to add a second telephone number associated with the party for which consent is granted by the party; and

receive the second telephone number associated with the party during the call wherein a second consent indicator data element reflects that consent is granted to receive calls using the second telephone number.

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