IP Library Granted Patent US 9,338,296
Granted Patent B2
US 9,338,296 · App. 14/135,945 · Granted May 10, 2016

System and method for driving a virtual view of agents in a contact center

Inventors: Ronan Fox (County Galway, IE); Sean Burke (Knocknacarra, IE); Tommy Morris (County Galway, IE); Ruth Gibson (Galway, IE)
Assignee: Avaya Inc.
H04M3/5175G06Q10/06393
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Patent No.
US 9,338,296
App. No.
14/135,945
Granted
May 10, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for driving a virtual view of agents of a contact center is provided. The system includes a monitoring module for monitoring and detecting a breach in threshold associated with at least one key performance indicator of at least one agent from a plurality of agents. The system further includes a ranking module for calculating a rank of at least one agent among the plurality of agents based on predefined rules. The system further includes a driving module for driving a display of the virtual view of the plurality of agents based on the calculated rank of the at least one agent.

Claims (28)

1. A virtual view driving system to drive a virtual view of agents in a contact center, comprising:

a processor;

a computer-readable medium coupled to the processor, the medium storing computer-executable instructions comprising:

a set of monitoring programmed instructions that causes the processor to monitor and to detect a breach in a threshold value associated with at least one key performance indicator of at least one agent from a plurality of agents;

a set of ranking programmed instructions that causes the processor to calculate a rank of at least one agent among the plurality of agents based on predefined rules, wherein the rank of the at least one agent is calculated on detection of said breach; and

a set of driving programmed instructions that causes the processor to drive a display of the virtual view of the plurality of agents based on the calculated rank of the at least one agent, wherein the virtual view comprises a photorealistic view of the plurality of agents.

2. The virtual view driving system of claim 1 , wherein the key performance indicators comprise one of an average revenue, an estimated wait time, an actual wait time, an average speed of answer, a throughput, an agent utilization, an agent performance, a customer satisfaction, a service level agreement, an average talk time, a total average call handling time, or an agent responsiveness.

3. The virtual view driving system of claim 2 , wherein each of the key performance indicators is associated with a threshold value.

4. The virtual view driving system of claim 1 , wherein the set of ranking programmed instructions causes the processor to calculate rank of at least one agent based upon a predefined weighting, and a ratio of absolute value of threshold breach to a threshold value.

5. The virtual view driving system of claim 1 , wherein the set of driving programmed instructions causes the processor to drive a display of an agent having a highest rank among the plurality of agents.

6. The virtual view driving system of claim 5 , wherein the highest rank indicates an agent requiring more urgent attention than rest of the plurality of agents.

7. The virtual view driving system of claim 5 , wherein the set of driving programmed instructions causes the processor to drive a display of the virtual view of the plurality of agents in a carousel view.

8. The virtual view driving system of claim 1 , wherein the virtual view indicates an actual physical location of agents inside the contact center.

9. The virtual view driving system of claim 1 , further comprising a set of video feed programmed instructions that causes the processor to drive a real-time video of an agent having a highest rank.

10. The virtual view driving system of claim 9 , wherein the real-time video is one of a WebRTC video, a video conference, or a video call.

11. The virtual view driving system of claim 1 , wherein the set of video feed programmed instructions causes the processor to drive a display of a detailed view of activities of an agent having a highest rank.

12. A computer-implemented method to drive a virtual view of agents in a contact center, the computer-implemented method comprising:

monitoring, by a processor, key performance indicators associated with a plurality of agents;

detecting, by the processor, a breach in a threshold value associated with at least one key performance indicator of at least one agent from the plurality of agents;

calculating, by the processor, a rank of at least one agent among the plurality of agents based on predefined rules, wherein the rank of the at least one agent is calculated on detection of said breach; and

driving, by the processor, a display of the virtual view of the plurality of agents based on the calculated rank of the at least one agent, wherein the virtual view comprises a photorealistic view of the plurality of agents.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the key performance indicators comprise one of an average revenue, an estimated wait time, an actual wait time, an average speed of answer, a throughput, an agent utilization, an agent performance, a customer satisfaction, a service level agreement, an average talk time, a total average call handling time, or an agent responsiveness.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the calculating comprises calculating, by the processor, the rank of at least one agent based upon a predefined weighting, and a ratio of absolute value of threshold breach to a threshold value.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the driving by the processor comprises providing a display of at least one agent having a highest rank among the plurality of agents.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the highest rank indicates an agent who requires more urgent attention than rest of the plurality of agents.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , further comprising displaying by processor, the virtual view of the plurality of agents in a carousel view.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , further comprising providing, by the processor, a real-time video of an agent having a highest rank.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 , wherein the real-time video comprises one of a WebRTC video, a video conference, or a video call.

Assignments (14)
(SECURITY INTEREST) GRANTOR'S NAME CHANGE Recorded Sep 21, 2023
From: AVAYA INC.
To: AVAYA LLC
Reel/Frame 065019/0231 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (REEL/FRAME 53955/0436) Recorded May 18, 2023
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 063705/0023 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (REEL/FRAME 61087/0386) Recorded May 18, 2023
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 063690/0359 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (REEL/FRAME 045034/0001) Recorded May 18, 2023
From: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC; OCTEL COMMUNICATIONS LLC; VPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ZANG, INC. (FORMER NAME OF AVAYA CLOUD INC.); HYPERQUALITY, INC.; HYPERQUALITY II, LLC; CAAS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.
Reel/Frame 063779/0622 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 4, 2023
From: AVAYA INC.; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; INTELLISIST, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063542/0662 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 3, 2023
From: AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; KNOAHSOFT INC.
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB [COLLATERAL AGENT]
Reel/Frame 063742/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS AT REEL 45124/FRAME 0026 Recorded Apr 26, 2023
From: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AVAYA HOLDINGS CORP.; AVAYA INC.; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 063457/0001 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; AVAYA CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061087/0386 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2020
From: AVAYA INC.; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; INTELLISIST, INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 053955/0436 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2018
From: AVAYA INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC; OCTEL COMMUNICATIONS LLC; VPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ZANG, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 045124/0026 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2018
From: AVAYA INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC; OCTEL COMMUNICATIONS LLC; VPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ZANG, INC.
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 045034/0001 →
BANKRUPTCY COURT ORDER RELEASING ALL LIENS INCLUDING THE SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 041576/0001 Recorded Dec 15, 2017
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: AVAYA INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS INC.; OCTEL COMMUNICATIONS LLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS OCTEL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION); VPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 044893/0531 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2017
From: AVAYA INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS INC.; OCTEL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION; VPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 041576/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2013
From: FOX, RONAN; BURKE, SEAN; MORRIS, TOMMY; GIBSON, RUTH
To: AVAYA INC.
Reel/Frame 031827/0137 →
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