Telephone customer service through transmission of interactive menu
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1. A method for transmission of interactive menus, the method comprising:
- a user'"'"'s requesting, by a call to a call service, a service of the call service, the call service comprising services, a voice response system, and one or more interactive menus;
receiving in a telecommunication device from the call service an interactive menu, including suspending the requested service at a processing point;
the user'"'"'s providing interactive menu response information according to the interactive menu; and
the user'"'"'s resuming the requested service with the interactive menu response information from the processing point at which the requested service was suspended.
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Abstract
Transmission of interactive menus that include a user'"'"'s requesting, by a call to a call service, a service of the call service, the call service including services, a voice response system, and one or more interactive menus; receiving in a telecommunication device from the call service an interactive menu, including suspending the requested service at a processing point; the user'"'"'s providing interactive menu response information according to the interactive menu; and the user'"'"'s resuming the requested service with the interactive menu response information from the processing point at which the requested service was suspended.
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1. A method for transmission of interactive menus, the method comprising:
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a user'"'"'s requesting, by a call to a call service, a service of the call service, the call service comprising services, a voice response system, and one or more interactive menus;
receiving in a telecommunication device from the call service an interactive menu, including suspending the requested service at a processing point;
the user'"'"'s providing interactive menu response information according to the interactive menu; and
the user'"'"'s resuming the requested service with the interactive menu response information from the processing point at which the requested service was suspended. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for transmission of interactive menus, the method comprising:
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receiving in a call service, by a call from a user, a request for a requested service of the call service, the call service comprising services, a voice response system, services, and one or more interactive menus;
transmitting from the call service to a telecommunication device an interactive menu, including suspending the requested service at a processing point;
receiving an interactive menu response message containing interactive menu response information specified according to the interactive menu; and
resuming the requested service from the processing point at which the requested service was suspended with the interactive menu response information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for transmission of interactive menus, the system comprising:
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means for requesting, by a call to a call service, a service of the call service, the call service comprising services, a voice response system, and one or more interactive menus;
means for receiving in a telecommunication device from the call service an interactive menu, including means for suspending the requested service at a processing point;
means for providing interactive menu response information according to the interactive menu; and
means for resuming the requested service with the interactive menu response information from the processing point at which the requested service was suspended. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for transmission of interactive menus, the system comprising:
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means for receiving in a call service, by a call from a user, a request for a requested service of the call service, the call service comprising services, a voice response system, services, and one or more interactive menus;
means for transmitting from the call service to a telecommunication device an interactive menu, including means for suspending the requested service at a processing point;
means for receiving an interactive menu response message containing interactive menu response information specified according to the interactive menu; and
means for resuming the requested service from the processing point at which the requested service was suspended with the interactive menu response information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product for transmission of interactive menus, the computer program product comprising:
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a recording medium, means, recorded on the recording medium, for requesting, by a call to a call service, a service of the call service, the call service comprising services, a voice response computer program product, and one or more interactive menus;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving in a telecommunication device from the call service an interactive menu, including means, recorded on the recording medium, for suspending the requested service at a processing point;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for providing interactive menu response information according to the interactive menu; and
means, recorded on the recording medium, for resuming the requested service with the interactive menu response information from the processing point at which the requested service was suspended. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer program product for transmission of interactive menus, the computer program product comprising:
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a recording medium;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving in a call service, by a call from a user, a request for a requested service of the call service, the call service comprising services, a voice response computer program product, services, and one or more interactive menus;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting from the call service to a telecommunication device an interactive menu, including means, recorded on the recording medium, for suspending the requested service at a processing point;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving an interactive menu response message containing interactive menu response information specified according to the interactive menu; and
means, recorded on the recording medium, for resuming the requested service from the processing point at which the requested service was suspended with the interactive menu response information. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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