IP Library Granted Patent US 11,595,524
Granted Patent B2
US 11,595,524 · App. 17/727,901 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

System and method for callback management utilizing smart callbacks

Inventors: Matthew Donaldson Moller (Petaluma, CA); Matthew DiMaria (Brentwood, TN); Shannon Lekas (Cushing, TX); Kurt Nelson (Thompsons Station, OH); Nicholas James Kennedy (Akron, OH); Kevin Shinseki (San Carlos, CA); Robert Harpley (Akron, OH)
Assignee: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
H04M3/5231H04L67/306H04M3/5183
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Patent No.
US 11,595,524
App. No.
17/727,901
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for callback management, utilizing a callback cloud, a digital ledger, and smart callback contracts, brokering user to user communications and session establishment using an automated workflow built upon extensible root smart contract templates which can be configured to connect various users and brands. The system may comprise callback cloud, that may further comprise a callback manager, a brand interface server, an interaction manager, a media server, one or more blockchain digital ledgers, and various smart contracts which are used to autonomously respond to received user requests.

Claims (21)

1. A system for communication session management using smart callbacks, comprising:

a callback manager comprising at least a processor, a memory, and a plurality of programming instructions stored in the memory and operating on the processor, wherein the plurality of programming instructions, when operating on the processor, cause the processor to:

store and maintain a blockchain ledger;

communicate with a brand interface server thereby to maintain relevant agent and brand data from the brand interface server;

determine environmental context and user intent;

calculate estimated wait times for callbacks;

receive a callback request and a scheduled callback time from the brand interface server;

create a smart callback contract, the smart callback contract comprising default data fields, wherein the default data fields are populated with information from at least user profiles, agent and brand data, environmental context and user intent, and estimated wait times;

execute the smart callback contract between consumers and agents at a specified time;

connect the two parties, when the two first and second called parties are online; and

validate the smart callback contract and add the callback to the blockchain ledger.

2. A method for communication session management using smart callbacks, comprising the steps of:

storing and maintaining a blockchain ledger;

communicating with a brand interface server thereby to maintain relevant agent and brand data from the brand interface server;

determining environmental context and user intent;

calculating estimated wait times for callbacks;

receiving a callback request and a scheduled callback time from the brand interface server;

creating a smart callback contract, the smart callback contract comprising default data fields, wherein the default data fields are populated with information from at least user profiles, agent and brand data, environmental context and user intent, and estimated wait times;

executing the smart callback contract between consumers and agents at a specified time;

connecting the two parties, when the two first and second called parties are online; and

validating the smart callback contract and adding the callback to the blockchain ledger.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded May 8, 2026
From: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
To: MEDALLIA, INC.
Reel/Frame 075825/0361 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: MOLLER, MATTHEW DONALDSON; DIMARIA, MATTHEW; LEKAS, SHANNON; NELSON, KURT; KENNEDY, NICHOLAS JAMES; SHINSEKI, KEVIN; HARPLEY, ROBERT
To: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 062532/0871 →
Continuity (18)
Continuation 17540114 · Dec 1, 2021
Continuation In Part 17336405 · Jun 2, 2021
Continuation 17011248 · Sep 3, 2020
Continuation In Part 16995424 · Aug 17, 2020
Continuation In Part 16896108 · Jun 8, 2020
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Continuation In Part 16152403 · Oct 4, 2018
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Continuation In Part 14532001 · Nov 4, 2014
Continuation In Part 13659902 · Oct 24, 2012
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Continuation In Part 13446758 · Apr 13, 2012
Continuation 12320517 · Jan 28, 2009
Continuation In Part 12320517 · Jan 28, 2009
Provisional Application 62858454 · Jun 7, 2019
Provisional Application 62820190 · Mar 18, 2019
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