Inter campaign and queue cooperation
First Claim
1. A method of transferring a communication session from a first outbound campaign to a second outbound campaign, the first outbound campaign including a first communication initiating device and a first set of a plurality of agent communication terminals, and the second outbound campaign including a second communication initiating device and a second set of a plurality of agent communication terminals, said method comprising:
- placing at least one outbound communication to a customer using the first communication initiating device of the first outbound campaign;
connecting the outbound communication to an available outbound agent at one of said agent communication terminals of the first outbound campaign;
determining that the customer needs to be connected to an agent communication terminal of the second outbound campaign; and
transferring the customer to the agent communication terminal of the second outbound campaign.
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Abstract
Generally, the invention is a device, method, and system for transferring a communication session from a first outbound campaign to a second outbound campaign. The first outbound campaign may include a first communication initiating device and a first set of outbound agent communication terminals. The second outbound campaign may include a second communication initiating device and a second set of outbound agent communication terminals. The system places at least one outbound communication to a customer using the first communication initiating device of the first communication campaign. The system connects the outbound communication to an available outbound agent of the first outbound campaign. The system determines if the customer needs to be connected to an outbound agent terminal of the second outbound campaign and transfers the customer to the outbound agent of the second outbound campaign.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of transferring a communication session from a first outbound campaign to a second outbound campaign, the first outbound campaign including a first communication initiating device and a first set of a plurality of agent communication terminals, and the second outbound campaign including a second communication initiating device and a second set of a plurality of agent communication terminals, said method comprising:
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placing at least one outbound communication to a customer using the first communication initiating device of the first outbound campaign;
connecting the outbound communication to an available outbound agent at one of said agent communication terminals of the first outbound campaign;
determining that the customer needs to be connected to an agent communication terminal of the second outbound campaign; and
transferring the customer to the agent communication terminal of the second outbound campaign. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for transferring a communication session from a first outbound campaign to a second outbound campaign, said system comprising:
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the first outbound campaign including a first communication initiating device and a first set of a plurality of agent communication terminals wherein the first communication initiating device of the first communication campaign places at least one outbound communication to a customer and a host computer of the first outbound campaign connects the outbound communication to an available outbound agent at one of said agent communication terminals of the first outbound campaign;
the second outbound campaign including a second communication initiating device and a second set of a plurality of agent communication terminals; and
a campaign integrator to determine if the customer needs to be connected to an agent communication terminal of the second outbound campaign and transfer the customer to the agent communication terminal of the second outbound campaign. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, for transferring a communication session from a first outbound campaign to a second outbound campaign, the first outbound campaign including a first communication initiating device and a first set of a plurality of outbound agent terminals, and the second outbound campaign including a second communication initiating device and a second set of a plurality of outbound agent terminals, the computer program product being operable to cause a machine to:
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place at least one outbound communication to a customer using the first communication initiating device of the first communication campaign;
connect the outbound telephone communication to an available outbound agent at one of said outbound agent terminals of the first outbound campaign;
determine that the contacted party needs to be connected to an outbound agent terminal of the second outbound campaign; and
transfer the customer to the outbound agent terminal of the second outbound campaign. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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