Configurable Escalation Queue
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1. Configurable escalation queue-sorting of a text message session, comprising:
- queuing incoming text messages destined for a service bureau, at a network server;
assigning an escalation value to each incoming text message in an incoming text message queue, each escalation value having a type, a threshold, and a level associated therewith; and
occasionally resorting said queued incoming text messages both in order of a first in/first out queue and in order according to said escalation code assigned to each queued incoming text message.
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Abstract
A rapid assignment dynamic ownership queue for text message sessions queues incoming text messages destined for a service bureau, at a network server. Simultaneous access is provided to any one text message of the queued incoming text messages to a plurality of operator terminals at the service bureau. Initial ownership of the one text message is assigned as a result of a first acting terminal of the plurality of operator terminals having completed an action in service to the text message, and ownership is re-assigned to a subsequent operator terminal having completed another action in service to the text message after the first acting terminal. A configurable escalation queue may be implemented to assign an escalation code to each queued item, regardless of its position in the queue list, to alter the presentation of the queue item.
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12 Claims
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1. Configurable escalation queue-sorting of a text message session, comprising:
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queuing incoming text messages destined for a service bureau, at a network server; assigning an escalation value to each incoming text message in an incoming text message queue, each escalation value having a type, a threshold, and a level associated therewith; and occasionally resorting said queued incoming text messages both in order of a first in/first out queue and in order according to said escalation code assigned to each queued incoming text message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A configurable escalation queue queuing text message sessions with a service bureau, said configurable escalation queue comprising:
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a queue item database table, each queued item in said queue item database table including an escalation code associated therewith; and an escalation code database table; wherein queued items in said queue item database table are occasionally resorted within said queued item database table based on an evaluation of said escalation code associated with each queued item. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A configurable escalation queue for text message sessions, comprising:
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means for queuing incoming text messages destined for a service bureau, at a network server; means for assigning an escalation value to each incoming text message in an incoming text message queue, each escalation value having a type, a threshold, and a level associated therewith; and means for occasionally resorting said queued incoming text messages both in order of a first in/first out queue and in order according to said escalation code assigned to each queued incoming text message. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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