Method and System for Delivering Shipping Information
First Claim
1. A method for delivering shipping information, comprisingautomatically detecting that a user at a front-end of a telephone channel wants to receive information about a shipment still in transit to the user;
- obtaining user information by an IVR (Interactive Voice Response) interface;
obtaining shipping information associated with said shipment;
automatically generating a telephony message based on said shipping information incorporating the current status of the shipment and sending it to the user.
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Abstract
The invention relates generally to logistics systems and methods. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and a corresponding computer system for delivering shipping information, comprising—automatically detecting that a user at a front-end of a telephone channel is eligible to receive information about a shipment still in transit to the user; —obtaining user information by an IVR (Interactive Voice Response) interface; —obtaining shipping information associated with said shipment; —based on said shipping information automatically generating a telephony message incorporating the current status of the shipment and sending it to the user.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for delivering shipping information, comprising
automatically detecting that a user at a front-end of a telephone channel wants to receive information about a shipment still in transit to the user; -
obtaining user information by an IVR (Interactive Voice Response) interface; obtaining shipping information associated with said shipment; automatically generating a telephony message based on said shipping information incorporating the current status of the shipment and sending it to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for delivering shipping information, comprising
means for automatically detecting that a user at a front-end of a telephone channel is eligible to receive information about a shipment still in transit to that user; - (If eligible, then offer).
means for obtaining user information by an IVR (Interactive Voice Response) interface; means for obtaining shipping information associated with sais shipment; means for automatically generating a telephony message incorporating the current status of the shipment and for sending said telephony message to the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
- (If eligible, then offer).
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