MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS SESSION SUPPORT BY A REMOTE TECHNICIAN
First Claim
1. A method for providing technical support service for a plurality of user devices, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a technical support controller from a remote technician workstation, an indication of a maximum number of support sessions to be simultaneously serviced by a remote technician;
receiving, by the technical support controller, a service request for an end user device of the plurality of end user devices;
determining, by the technical support controller, whether processing of the service request by the remote technician would cause a number of support sessions currently supported by the remote technician to exceed the maximum number of support sessions; and
when processing of the service request by the remote technician would not cause the number of support sessions currently supported by the remote technician to exceed the maximum number of support sessions, adding, by the technical support controller, the service request to a work queue associated with the remote technician.
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Abstract
In a remote technical support system, a technical support controller receives an indication of a maximum number of support sessions to be serviced by a remote technician. Thereafter, the technical support controller receives a service request for a user device. The technical support controller determines if handling of the service request by the remote technician would cause the number of support sessions currently being handled by the remote technician to exceed the previously-indicated maximum number of support sessions. If not, the service request is added to a work queue for the remote technician. Each service request may be classified into categories such that only remote technicians associated with a given category can handle service requests for that category. Furthermore, the process of selecting a remote technician to handle a given service request can be completely automated or based on individual remote technicians selecting service requests from a preliminary queue.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for providing technical support service for a plurality of user devices, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a technical support controller from a remote technician workstation, an indication of a maximum number of support sessions to be simultaneously serviced by a remote technician; receiving, by the technical support controller, a service request for an end user device of the plurality of end user devices; determining, by the technical support controller, whether processing of the service request by the remote technician would cause a number of support sessions currently supported by the remote technician to exceed the maximum number of support sessions; and when processing of the service request by the remote technician would not cause the number of support sessions currently supported by the remote technician to exceed the maximum number of support sessions, adding, by the technical support controller, the service request to a work queue associated with the remote technician. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for providing technical support service for a plurality of user devices, comprising:
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a processor; and a storage device, operatively connected to the processor, having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; receive, from a remote technician workstation, an indication of a maximum number of support sessions to be simultaneously serviced by a remote technician; receive a service request for an end user device of the plurality of end user devices; determine whether processing of the service request by the remote technician would cause a number of support sessions currently supported by the remote technician to exceed the maximum number of support sessions; and when processing of the service request by the remote technician would not cause the number of support sessions currently supported by the remote technician to exceed the maximum number of support sessions, add the service request to a work queue associated with the remote technician. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing technical support service for a plurality of user devices, the system comprising:
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a remote technician workstation operable to receive, from a remote technician, an indication of a maximum number of support sessions to be simultaneously serviced by the remote technician; and a technical support controller, operatively connected to the remote technician workstation, operable to receive the indication of a maximum number of support sessions from the remote technician workstation and to receive a service request for an end user device of the plurality of end user devices, the technical support controller further operable to determine whether processing of the service request by the remote technician would cause a number of support sessions currently supported by the remote technician to exceed the maximum number of support sessions and, when processing of the service request by the remote technician would not cause the number of support sessions currently supported by the remote technician to exceed the maximum number of support sessions, to add the service request to a work queue associated with the remote technician. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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