IP Library Granted Patent US 8,271,402
Granted Patent B2
US 8,271,402 · App. 11/966,874 · Granted Sep 18, 2012

Technical support agent and technical support service delivery platform

Assignee: Troppus Software Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,271,402
App. No.
11/966,874
Granted
Sep 18, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment of a method for providing technical support service includes generating a plurality of problem resolutions that are determined to resolve an identified technical problem; attributing weights to each of said plurality of problem resolutions according to frequency of use; and in response to a request to resolve said identified problem, selecting a problem resolution from among said plurality of problem resolutions based at least in part on said attributed weights.

Claims (12)

1. A method for providing technical support service, the method comprising:

gathering a plurality of problem resolutions that are determined to resolve an identified technical problem;

classifying each of said plurality of problem resolutions according to a skill level required to implement said problem resolution;

attributing weights to each of said plurality of problem resolutions according to frequency of use; and

in response to a request to resolve said identified problem, inferring a skill level of an end user of a client application that generated said request and selecting a problem resolution from among said plurality of problem resolutions based at least in part on said attributed weights and the skill level of the end user wherein the selected problem resolution is assigned a skill level corresponding to the end user's skill level.

2. The method of claim 1 , delivering said selected problem resolution to a client application that generated said request.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said selecting a problem resolution from among said plurality of problem resolutions comprises selecting said problem resolution having said greatest weight among said plurality of problem resolutions.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein inferring a skill level to said end user comprises inferring said skill level based on usage patterns determined about said end user.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising auditing said end user's system to determine said usage patterns.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein an initial skill level of the end user is established.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the initial skill level is established based on input from the end user.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the initial skill level is set to default skill level.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2009
From: PEAK 8II LLC
To: TROPPUS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022640/0195 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 1, 2009
From: FISHER, JOHN W., JR.
To: PEAK8 PARTNERS, LLC
Reel/Frame 022627/0010 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2009
From: PEAK 8 PARTNERS, LLC
To: PEAK 8II LLC
Reel/Frame 022202/0258 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2008
From: PEAK 8 PARTNERS, LLC
To: KIRBY ENTERPRISE FUND, LLC; WESTHAMPTON SPECIAL SITUATION FUND, LLC; KEARNEY HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 022080/0572 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Sep 22, 2008
From: PEAK 8 PARTNERS, LLC
To: PEAK 8II LLC
Reel/Frame 021567/0224 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60882928 · Dec 30, 2006
Related Publication 20080172574A1 · Jul 17, 2008