IP Library Granted Patent US 11,019,208
Granted Patent B2
US 11,019,208 · App. 16/426,213 · Granted May 25, 2021

Detecting user hesistancy from text input

Inventors: Adrian Walsh (Galway, IE); Warren Reilly (Galway, IE); Niall Fallon (Galway, IE); Brian Cunningham (Galway, IE); Donal Tarpey (Galway, IE)
Assignee: Avaya Inc.
H04M3/5175H04M3/5183H04M3/56
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Patent No.
US 11,019,208
App. No.
16/426,213
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Agents of a contact center may utilize a text channel (e.g., text chat, email, etc.) to communicate with a customer. A processor monitors the keystrokes entered by the agent. If the agent is found to have entered keystrokes beyond a previously determined threshold, and subsequently deleted the resulting test and replaced it with another test, a deficiency may be determined to be present. When a deficiency is present, the processor may initiate a remediation action.

Claims (37)

1. A system, comprising:

a computer having a processor and a memory;

a communication interface connecting the computer to a network; and

wherein the processor monitors inputs to a first node on the network, while the first node is engaged in a communication with a second node on the network; and

wherein the processor evaluates keystrokes of the inputs against a deficiency criterion and, upon determining that a number of the keystrokes matches the deficiency criterion, the processor initiates a remediation.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remediation comprises forking the communication to include a third node.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remediation further comprises disconnecting the first node from the communication.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the deficiency criterion comprises a previously determined ratio of a number of keystrokes input to compose a message to be sent to the second node to a number of characters in the message actually sent to the second node.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the deficiency criterion comprises a previously determined ratio of backspaces within a number of keystrokes.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the deficiency criterion comprises the keystrokes associated with a number of repeating characters occurring without interruption.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the deficiency criterion comprises the keystrokes associated with a number of repeating plurality of characters occurring without interruption.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a keystroke splitter;

a communication component; and

a monitoring component; and

wherein the first node provides each keystroke of the keystrokes of an input to the communication component, the communication component utilized in the communication with the second node, and the monitoring component.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving keystrokes from a first node;

providing the keystrokes as inputs to a communication with a second node;

providing the keystrokes as inputs to a monitoring component;

determining, by the monitoring component, whether the keystrokes match a deficiency criterion; and

upon determining that the keystrokes match the deficiency criterion, initiating a remediation.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the remediation comprises forking the communication to include a third node.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the remediation further comprises disconnecting the first node from the communication.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the deficiency criterion comprises a previously determined ratio of a number of keystrokes input to compose a message to be sent to the second node to a number of characters in the message actually sent to the second node.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the deficiency criterion comprises a previously determined ratio of backspaces within a number of keystrokes.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the deficiency criterion comprises the keystrokes associated with a number of repeating characters occurring without interruption.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the deficiency criterion comprises the keystrokes associated with a number of repeating plurality of characters occurring without interruption.

16. A system, comprising:

means to enable a first node and a second node to communicate:

means to monitor keystrokes input to the first node while the first node is engaged in a communication with the second node; and

means to determine whether the monitored keystrokes match a deficiency criterion; and

upon determining that the monitored keystrokes match the deficiency criterion, means to remediate a deficiency associated with the deficiency criterion.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the remediation comprises means to fork the communication to include a third node.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein that comprises means to disconnect the first node from the communication.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the deficiency criterion comprises a previously determined ratio of a number of keystrokes input to compose a message of the communication to be sent to the second node to a number of characters in the message actually sent to the second node.

20. The system of claim 16 , wherein the deficiency criterion comprises a previously determined ratio of backspaces within the monitored keystrokes.

Assignments (11)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2024
From: AVAYA LLC
To: ARLINGTON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 067022/0780 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RELEASE AND REASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
To: AVAYA LLC; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.
Reel/Frame 066894/0227 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RELEASE AND REASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: AVAYA LLC; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.
Reel/Frame 066894/0117 →
(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 →
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 →
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2019
From: WALSH, ADRIAN; REILLY, WARREN; FALLON, NIALL; CUNNINGHAM, BRIAN; TARPEY, DONAL
To: AVAYA INC.
Reel/Frame 049318/0103 →
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