Automated right-party contact telephone system
First Claim
1. A system for routing telephone calls between call-handling stations, the system comprising:
- a dialer configured to place a telephone call;
a first and a second hunt group in electrical communication with the dialer arranged to route the telephone call placed by the dialer upon receiving a call routing signal; and
a first and a second call-handling station, the first call-handling station being in electrical connection with the first hunt group, the second call-handling station being in electrical connection with the second hunt group, wherein at least one of the first or second call-handling stations is located at a site remote from the dialer.
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Abstract
A system is provided for routing telephone calls between at least first and second groups of call-handling stations. A dialer is configured to automatically place telephone calls. Once the call is placed, the dialer routes the call to a first-level hunt group. The first-level hunt group searches for an available first-level call-handling station and routes the call to the available first-level call-handling station. Once the first-level call-handling station establishes contact with the right-party, the first-level call-handling station sends a routing signal to the dialer. The dialer then routes the call to a second-level hunt group, which searches for an available second-level call-handling station. Then the second-level hunt group routes the call to the available second-level call-handling station. The first and second-level call-handling station may be at locations separate from each other.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for routing telephone calls between call-handling stations, the system comprising:
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a dialer configured to place a telephone call;
a first and a second hunt group in electrical communication with the dialer arranged to route the telephone call placed by the dialer upon receiving a call routing signal; and
a first and a second call-handling station, the first call-handling station being in electrical connection with the first hunt group, the second call-handling station being in electrical connection with the second hunt group, wherein at least one of the first or second call-handling stations is located at a site remote from the dialer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system configured to route calls, the system comprising:
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a call routing signal for transferring call information;
a dialer responsive to the call routing signal;
first and second hunt groups in electrical communication with the dialer; and
wherein the dialer first routes the call information to the first hunt group and then to the second hunt group upon receiving the call routing signal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for routing telephone calls between call-handling stations, the method comprising:
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placing a telephone call;
routing the telephone call placed by a dialer to first-level call-handling stations upon receiving a call routing signal; and
automatically routing the telephone call from the first-level call-handling station to second-level call-handling stations, wherein at least one of the first- or second-level call-handling stations are located at a site remote from the dialer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for routing telephone calls between hunt groups, the method comprising:
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routing call information to a first hunt group;
generating a routing signal;
automatically routing the call information to a second hunt group in response to the routing signal.
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- 20. A method for routing telephone calls between hunt groups according to claim 20, wherein the routing to both the first and second hunt groups further comprises the second hunt group routing the call information upon receiving the call routing signal.
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