Scheduling an Agent Based On a Contact Center History
First Claim
1. A method for managing a contact center comprising:
- getting a history of one or more communications from a customer, wherein the one or more communications include a context;
determining a pattern from the history of the one or more communications from the context;
predicting a time that the customer will initiate communication with the contact center based on the pattern; and
scheduling an agent associated with the customer at the predicted time.
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Abstract
When a customer communicates with a contact center, a history of the communication is stored. The communication from the customer can be in various media, such as a voice call, a video call, an email, an Instant Message (IM), a text message, and/or a blog posting. The history includes a context such as a reason for the communication and a time of the communication. The history of the communication is used to determine a pattern of the communication based on the context. Using the pattern, a time that the customer will communicate with the contact center is predicted. An agent associated with the customer is scheduled to be available at the predicted time. The predicted time can also be based on future events such as a product release or an event such as a political event, a sports event, and/or a convention.
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1. A method for managing a contact center comprising:
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getting a history of one or more communications from a customer, wherein the one or more communications include a context; determining a pattern from the history of the one or more communications from the context; predicting a time that the customer will initiate communication with the contact center based on the pattern; and scheduling an agent associated with the customer at the predicted time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for managing a contact center comprising:
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a communication manager configured to get a history of one or more communications from a customer, wherein the one or more communications include a context; a pattern detector configured to determine a pattern from the history of the one or more communications from the context; and a scheduler configured to predict a time that the customer will initiate communication with the contact center based on the pattern and schedule an agent associated with the customer at the predicted time. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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