Methods and Systems for Managing Customer Contacts in a Contact Center
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1. A computer-implemented method of reserving resources for a customer contacting a contact center, the method including the steps of:
- a) identifying said customer associated with a contact received at said contact center;
b) accessing a customer profile to determine at least one non-agent resource to be associated with said contact based on said customer profile;
c) reserving said non-agent resource for said contact; and
d) allocating said non-agent resource to said contact.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of reserving resources for a customer contacting a contact center. The method includes the steps of identifying the customer associated with a contact received at the contact center, accessing a customer profile to determine at least one non-agent resource to be associated with the contact based on the customer profile; reserving the non-agent resource for the contact; and allocating the non-agent resource to the contact.
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1. A computer-implemented method of reserving resources for a customer contacting a contact center, the method including the steps of:
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a) identifying said customer associated with a contact received at said contact center; b) accessing a customer profile to determine at least one non-agent resource to be associated with said contact based on said customer profile; c) reserving said non-agent resource for said contact; and d) allocating said non-agent resource to said contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-implemented method of reserving resources for a customer contacting a contact center, the method including the steps of:
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a) identifying the customer associated with a contact received at the contact center; b) accessing a resource set of preemptively identified potentially relevant non-agent resources that may be required by the customer; c) reserving the non-agent resource for the contact; and d) allocating the resource to the contact.
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21. A computer-implemented method of reserving resources for a customer contacting a contact center, the method including the steps of:
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a) accessing a customer profile; b) identifying a resource set of potentially relevant non-agent resources that may be required by the customer, based on said customer profile; and c) responsive to receipt of a subsequent customer contact, reserving at least one of the resources of the resource set for the customer contact.
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22. A contact centre system comprising:
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a) a network connection for receiving a contact from a customer; b) a contact manager for identifying said customer associated with a contact received at said network connection; c) a storage area containing a customer profile from which it is possible to determine at least one non-agent resource to be associated with said contact based on said customer profile; d) a resource reservation system operable to reserve said non-agent resource for said contact; and e) a resource allocation system for allocating said non-agent resource to said contact.
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23. A contact centre system comprising:
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a) a network connection for receiving a contact from a customer; b) a contact manager for identifying said customer associated with a contact received at said network connection; c) a storage area containing a resource set of preemptively identified potentially relevant non-agent resources that may be required by the customer; d) a resource reservation system operable to reserve said non-agent resource for said contact; and e) a resource allocation system for allocating said non-agent resource to said contact.
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24. A contact centre system comprising:
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a) a storage area containing a customer profile from which it is possible to determine a resource set of potentially relevant non-agent resources that may be required by a customer based on said customer profile; b) a resource identification system for identifying, in advance of a contact from a customer, a resource set of potentially relevant non-agent resources that may be required by a customer based on said customer profile; and c) a resource reservation system operable, in response to receipt of a customer contact at the contact centre, to reserve at least one of the resources of the resource set for the customer contact.
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