CONTACT CENTER AGENT WORK AWARENESS ALGORITHM
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1. A method for servicing contact center work items via a SIP-based work item presence server that embodies an Agent Work Awareness Algorithm (AWAA), comprising:
- (a) maintaining a plurality of work item containers, each work item container being associated with a respective work item for servicing by a resource;
(b) when a state of a selected work item container changes, determining a set of AWAA agent entities that subscribed to be notified of a state change in the selected work item and/or corresponding work item container via; and
(c) notifying each of the members of the set of AWAA agent entities of the state change.
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Abstract
A contact center is provided that includes an input operable to receive work items 204a-w, a work item processing agent 200 to populate work item containers 212a-I with information respecting the received work items, and an Aagent Work Awareness Algorithm (AWAA) server notification agent 216 to notify subscribing AWAA agent entities of state changes in the work item containers. The processing AWAA server agent transfers work items to a subscribing AWAA agent entity when requested by the subscribing entity.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for servicing contact center work items via a SIP-based work item presence server that embodies an Agent Work Awareness Algorithm (AWAA), comprising:
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(a) maintaining a plurality of work item containers, each work item container being associated with a respective work item for servicing by a resource; (b) when a state of a selected work item container changes, determining a set of AWAA agent entities that subscribed to be notified of a state change in the selected work item and/or corresponding work item container via; and (c) notifying each of the members of the set of AWAA agent entities of the state change. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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(a) subscribing, by a work item presence server, to at least one of a work item container and a queue of work item containers on behalf of a resource, the subscription requesting the subscribing entity to be notified of a state change in the at least one of a work item container and queue of work item containers; (b) in response to a state change in the at least one of a work item container and queue of work item containers, receiving a Session Initiation Protocol—
or SIP—
like notification from the work item presence server, the notification comprising information respecting a work item associated with the at least one of a work item container and queue of work item containers;(c) providing the information to the resource; (d) receiving, from the resource, a selection of the work item; and (e) requesting the transfer of the work item to a communication device associated with the resource to permit the resource to service the work item. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A contact center, comprising:
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(a) an input operable to receive work items; (b) a watcher agent operable to determine when a selected work item container andlor a selected work item has experienced a state change; and (c) an Agent Work Awareness Algorithm or AWAA server notification agent operable to notify subscribing AWAA agent entities of state changes in the work item containers. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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