Automatic call center for product ordering in retail system
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1. A system for processing telephone orders comprising:
- input telephone circuitry for receiving incoming telephone calls from customers, and order processing circuitry responsive to order information supplied from the input circuitry for conducting an interactive session with a customer to fulfil a request for an item being ordered, without intervention of a human operator.
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Abstract
A system for processing telephone orders for goods being sold in a retail system. The system includes input telephone circuitry for receiving incoming telephone calls from customers, and order processing circuitry responsive to order information supplied from the input circuitry for conducting an interactive session with a customer to fulfil a request for an item being ordered without intervention of a human operator. The interactive session involves determination whether the requested item is available at the time of customer'"'"'s request, and whether it can be delivered to a point of sale selected by the customer at a time interval requested by the customer.
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1. A system for processing telephone orders comprising:
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input telephone circuitry for receiving incoming telephone calls from customers, and order processing circuitry responsive to order information supplied from the input circuitry for conducting an interactive session with a customer to fulfil a request for an item being ordered, without intervention of a human operator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of processing a telephone order for an item comprising:
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receiving a telephone call from a customer, and without intervention of a human operator, conducting an interactive session with the customer to fulfill a request to order the item. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A call center for ordering products in a retail system, the call center comprising:
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an input telephone circuit for receiving a telephone call from a customer, and a processing unit responsive to information supplied by the customer to fulfill a customer'"'"'s request to order an item, whereby the item is ordered without intervention of a human operator.
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