IP Library Granted Patent US 9,787,836
Granted Patent B2
US 9,787,836 · App. 15/250,675 · Granted Oct 10, 2017

Contact center recording service

Inventor: Juergen Tolksdorf (Dortmund, DE)
Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
H04M3/5166H04M3/493H04M3/4936H04M3/527H04M3/5307
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Patent No.
US 9,787,836
App. No.
15/250,675
Granted
Oct 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for producing audio messages for use in a contact center. A customer may specify message content, and provide a voice specification, which may identify a preferred voice artist and other aspects of the audio message including the language, accent and tone of the message. The service may produce the recording and provide it to the customer.

Claims (30)

1. A system for generating customized audio messages for a customer contact center, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, wherein the memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

provide first and second audio message samples, wherein the first audio message reflects a first set of voice attributes and the second audio message reflects a second set of voice attributes;

determine a characteristic of the customer contact center;

recommend selection of a voice attribute from at least one of the first set of voice attributes or the second set of voice attributes;

receive, over a wide area network, a file containing message content and a particular voice attribute selected in response to the recommendation;

transmit a command for generating an audio recording of the message content based on the particular voice attribute; and

deliver the audio recording over the wide area network, wherein the audio recording is configured to be accessed by an interactive voice response system for interacting with customers contacting the customer contact center.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the particular voice attribute includes at least one of an identification of a particular voice artist, identification of a particular language, or identification of a particular accent.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the particular voice attribute includes a context specification indicating whether the message is a statement, a question, or a fragment of a question.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the message content is in a digital audio file.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to determine whether the message content satisfies a particular criteria, and in response to determining that the message content satisfies the particular criteria, transmit the command for generating the audio recording.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the particular criteria is that the message content is free of malicious data.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the determined characteristic of the contact center is at least one of geographic location, or type of business, and type of customers interacting with the contact center.

8. A method for generating customized audio messages for a customer contact center, comprising:

providing, by a processor, first and second audio message samples, wherein the first audio message reflects a first set of voice attributes and the second audio message reflects a second set of voice attributes;

determining, by the processor, a characteristic of the customer contact center;

recommending, by the processor, selection of a voice attribute from at least one of the first set of voice attributes or the second set of voice attributes;

receiving, by the processor, over a wide area network, a file containing message content and a particular voice attribute selected in response to the recommendation;

transmitting, by the processor, a command for generating an audio recording of the message content based on the particular voice attribute; and

delivering, by the processor, the audio recording over the wide area network, wherein the audio recording is configured to be accessed by an interactive voice response system for interacting with customers contacting the customer contact center.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the particular voice attribute includes at least one of an identification of a particular voice artist, identification of a particular language, or identification of a particular accent.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the particular voice attribute includes a context specification indicating whether the message is a statement, a question, or a fragment of a question.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the message content is in a digital audio file.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining, by the processor, whether the message content satisfies a particular criteria; and

in response to determining that the message content satisfies the particular criteria, transmitting the command for generating the audio recording.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the particular criteria is that the message content is free of malicious data.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determined characteristic of the contact center is at least one of geographic location, type of business, or type of customers interacting with the contact center.

Assignments (6)
NOTICE OF SUCCESSION OF SECURITY INTERESTS AT REEL/FRAME 04814/0387 Recorded Feb 5, 2025
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS RESIGNING AGENT
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 070115/0445 →
NOTICE OF SUCCESSION OF SECURITY INTERESTS AT REEL/FRAME 040815/0001 Recorded Feb 3, 2025
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS RESIGNING AGENT
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 070498/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 13, 2024
From: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
To: GENESYS CLOUD SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 067391/0093 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 22, 2019
From: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.; ECHOPASS CORPORATION; GREENEDEN U.S. HOLDINGS II, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 048414/0387 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2017
From: TOLKSDORF, JUERGEN
To: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 042696/0642 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 5, 2016
From: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC., AS GRANTOR; ECHOPASS CORPORATION; INTERACTIVE INTELLIGENCE GROUP, INC.; BAY BRIDGE DECISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 040815/0001 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14672073 · Mar 27, 2015
Continuation 13711480 · Dec 11, 2012
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