Apparatus, method, and computer program for optimizing communication
View Patent ↗Communication between callers and call center agents may be optimized. A request message may be transmitted to an application services module to connect with an agent associated with the selection. A contact number of a proxy server may be received from the application service module. The contact number may be utilized to connect with the agent via the proxy server.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory comprising computer program instructions, wherein
the computer program instructions, with the at least one processor, are configured to cause the apparatus to:
transmit a request message to an application services module to connect with an agent when a selection is made on a mobile application,
receive a contact number of a proxy server from the application service module, and
connect with the proxy server using the contact number provided by the application service module, wherein the connection causes the proxy server to access a system database to search for caller identification to retrieve a phone number of the agent and connect a user of the mobile application to the agent, wherein
the proxy server discards one or more records related to the connection of the user of the mobile application with the agent, that prevents the user of the mobile application from a reconnection with the agent.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the computer program instructions, with the at least one processor, are further configured to cause the apparatus to receive a selection by a user of the apparatus, and the selection is from one of a plurality of menu options displayed on the apparatus.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the computer program instructions, with the at least one processor, are further configured to cause the apparatus to transmit a connection request message to the proxy server to connect with the agent.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the computer program instructions, with the at least one processor, are further configured to cause the apparatus to detect completion of a call with the agent, and request for a user of the apparatus to rate the agent.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the computer program instructions, with the at least one processor, are further configured to cause the apparatus to receive a rating of the agent, and transmit the rating of the agent to an application services module for storage in a system database.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the request message identifies an agent with a highest rated rating.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the contact number of the proxy is associated with the agent with a highest rating.
8. A system, comprising:
a mobile device; and
a server;
wherein a contact number of the server is transmitted to the mobile device which allows the mobile device to connect with an agent;
wherein the server discards one or more records related to the connection of the mobile device with the agent, preventing the mobile device from a reconnection with the agent.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the mobile device transmits a call number request to a call routing engine.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the mobile device receives an agent call number from the call routing engine.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein a caller identification of the mobile device and a call number of the agent are stored in the server.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the server receives rating information of the agent from the mobile device.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein a rating of the agent rating is stored in the server.
14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the mobile device transmits a call number request to a call routing engine, the call number request comprising a request to connect with a previously highest rated agent.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the previously high rated agent is rated by a user of a mobile device during a previous connection.
16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the mobile device receives the previously highest rated agent call number from the call routing engine.
17. A method, comprising:
receiving a request from a mobile device to connect with an agent;
querying a system database for a contact number of the agent previously returned by a call routing engine, the querying of the system database comprises accessing contact information of a user of the mobile device to determine contact information of the agent;
connecting the user of the mobile device to the agent using the determined contact number of the agent, wherein a proxy server discards one or more records related to the connection of the user of the mobile application with the agent, preventing the user of the mobile device from reconnecting with the agent.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the querying is based on a caller identification of the mobile device.
19. The method of claim 17 , comprising storing call information in a system database when the call between the mobile device and the agent is complete.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the call information comprises data related to the agent and data related to the mobile device.