Arrangement for relating contacts to a context
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1. A method comprising:
- in response to each instance of communication between a contact center and a customer of the contact center regarding at least one matter, creating for that instance in a storage medium a contact record including information about the at least one matter;
further in response to each said instance, determining whether an individual said matter is a matter of an existing communication comprising at least one prior communication instance between the customer and the contact center;
in response to determining that the individual matter of the instance is not a matter of any said existing communication, creating for that communication in the storage medium a communication record corresponding to the individual matter of the customer and including information about said individual matter, and linking the contact record with the communication record; and
in response to determining that the individual matter of the instance is a matter of a said existing communication, linking the contact record with the communication record.
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Abstract
Each instance of communication (a contact) between a contact center and a customer of the contact center has its own contact record. Contact records of a customer that deal with the same matter are linked to a communication record that corresponds to that customer and matter.
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12 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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in response to each instance of communication between a contact center and a customer of the contact center regarding at least one matter, creating for that instance in a storage medium a contact record including information about the at least one matter;
further in response to each said instance, determining whether an individual said matter is a matter of an existing communication comprising at least one prior communication instance between the customer and the contact center;
in response to determining that the individual matter of the instance is not a matter of any said existing communication, creating for that communication in the storage medium a communication record corresponding to the individual matter of the customer and including information about said individual matter, and linking the contact record with the communication record; and
in response to determining that the individual matter of the instance is a matter of a said existing communication, linking the contact record with the communication record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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a storage medium;
means responsive to each instance of communication between a contact center and a customer of the contact center regarding at least one matter, for creating for that instance in the storage medium a contact record including information about the at least one matter;
means responsive to each said instance, for determining whether an individual said matter is a matter of an existing communication comprising at least one prior communication instance between the customer and the contact center;
means responsive to a determination that the individual matter of the instance is not a matter of any said existing communication, for creating for that communication in the storage medium a communication record corresponding to the individual matter of the customer and including information about said individual matter and for linking the contact record with the communication record, and responsive to a determination that the individual matter of the instance is not a matter of a said existing communication, for linking the contact record with the communication record. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a storage medium for storing a plurality of contact records, each representing a different instance of communication between a contact center and a customer of the contact center regarding at least one matter and including information about the at least one matter, and a plurality of communication records, each corresponding to a different one of a plurality of matters of the customer, including said at least one matter, each communication record being linked to each contact record of the plurality of contact records that corresponds to same said matter as the communication record, and including information about said matter; and
means connected to the data storage and responsive to instances of communication between the customer and the call center for generating and linking corresponding said contact records and communication records. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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