SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALL ROUTING AND ENABLING INTERACTION BETWEEN CALLERS WITH CALLS POSITIONED IN A QUEUE
Patent №
US 8,325,907
Granted
2012-12-04
Filed 2008
Owner
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC
Lab
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AI components
3
nlp · speech · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12210424
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for processing telephone calls from a plurality of customers directed to a call center. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving a telephone call at a call center from a first customer, determining that all agents of the call center are unavailable, placing the telephone call in a queue, obtaining first customer information, and matching the first customer information to second customer information associated with an ongoing communication between a second customer and an agent. The first customer is then offered an opportunity to monitor the ongoing communication, and in some embodiments is connected to the ongoing communication.
AI classification
Ownership
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC
assignment · 256060665
Assignors
WALKER, JAY S., JORASCH, JAMES A., TEDESCO, ROBERT C., SPARICO, THOMAS M.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.