IP Library Granted Patent US 10,708,443
Granted Patent B2
US 10,708,443 · App. 16/361,604 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Toll-free telecommunications management platform

Inventors: Sriram Sharma (Herndon, VA); William Carter (Potomac Falls, VA); Michael Kimmel (Ashburn, VA)
Assignee: Somos, Inc.
H04M15/83H04M3/493H04M3/5232H04M15/59H04M2201/40H04M2203/251H04M2203/258
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Patent No.
US 10,708,443
App. No.
16/361,604
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for the management, routing and reporting of toll-free telecommunications calls and data. Methods and systems are provided for pre-populating a call routing template based on natural language inputs and populating telecommunications routing codes at nodes of a call routing decision tree to generate a call routing template that may be identified and presented to a user interface based at least in part on a natural language input.

Claims (28)

1. A method of pre-populating a call routing template based on natural language inputs comprising:

receiving a natural language input from a user, wherein the natural language input includes a natural language element having an association with a telecommunications routing code, the telecommunications routing code associated with decision tree logic associating routing of incoming calls to a telecommunications number;

selecting the telecommunications routing code based at least in part on the association; populating information for the user, the information including a translation and mapping of natural language, existing user records and usage data;

populating the telecommunications routing code at a node of a call routing decision tree to generate a populated call routing decision tree comprising a call routing template; and

providing the user with a report comprising statistics describing a utilization of the call routing template.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the natural language input is a text element.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the text element is a scanned text element.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the natural language input is a voice element.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the voice element is obtained by voice recognition software.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming call to a termination number.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming call based at least in part on a time of day the incoming call is received.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming call based at least in part on a geographic location of a device from which the incoming call is received.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming call within a telecommunications system.

10. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform actions comprising:

receive a natural language input from a user, wherein the natural language input includes a natural language element having an association with a telecommunications routing code, the telecommunications routing code associated with decision tree logic associating routing of incoming calls to a telecommunications number;

select the telecommunications routing code based at least in part on the association; populating information for the user, the information including a translation and mapping of natural language, existing user records and usage data;

populate the telecommunications routing code at a node of a call routing decision tree to generate a populated call routing decision tree comprising a call routing template; and

provide the user with a report comprising statistics describing a utilization of the call routing template.

11. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the natural language input is a text element.

12. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the text element is a scanned text element.

13. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the natural language input is a voice element.

14. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 13 , wherein the voice element is obtained by voice recognition software.

15. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming call to a termination number.

16. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming call based at least in part on a time of day the incoming call is received.

17. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming call based at least in part on a geographic location of a device from which the incoming call is received.

18. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming call within a telecommunications system.

19. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming call based at least in part on a specified call volume threshold.

20. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the decision tree logic determines a call path taken by an incoming call based at least in part on a geographic location associated with a termination number.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2020
From: SHARMA, SRIRAM; CARTER, WILLIAM; KIMMEL, MICHAEL
To: SOMOS, INC.
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 15720909 · Sep 29, 2017
Continuation 15373387 · Dec 8, 2016
Continuation 14928575 · Oct 30, 2015
Provisional Application 62073976 · Nov 1, 2014
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