PRESENCE ENABLED CALL CENTER
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more devices that implement a presence server, presence information relating to a state of a voice line associated with a call center, the presence information including;
a wait time associated with the voice line, the wait time corresponding to an estimated time that a caller to the voice line will wait before reaching a human operator; and
providing, by the one or more devices and to a user device that displays information regarding the voice line in a contact list, the presence information for display as part of the contact list, the presence information being provided independently of the user device communicating with the call center.
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Abstract
Techniques described herein may use presence information to enhance the user experience when contacting entities such as call centers. In one implementation, a method may include receiving presence information relating to a state of a voice line. The presence information may include a wait time associated with the voice line, the wait time corresponding to an estimated time that a caller to the voice line will wait before reaching a human operator. The method may also include providing, by the one or more devices and to a user device that includes the voice line in a contact list, the presence information for display as part of the contact list.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more devices that implement a presence server, presence information relating to a state of a voice line associated with a call center, the presence information including; a wait time associated with the voice line, the wait time corresponding to an estimated time that a caller to the voice line will wait before reaching a human operator; and providing, by the one or more devices and to a user device that displays information regarding the voice line in a contact list, the presence information for display as part of the contact list, the presence information being provided independently of the user device communicating with the call center. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A presence server device comprising:
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a memory; and at least one processor to execute instructions in the memory to; receive presence information relating to a state of a voice line associated with a call center, the presence information including; a wait time associated with the voice line, the wait time corresponding to an estimated time that a caller to the voice line will wait before reaching a human operator; and provide, to a user device that displays information regarding the voice line in a contact list, the presence information for display as part of the contact list, the presence information being provided independently of the user device communicating with the call center. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a user device, presence information relating to a state of contacts in a contact list, the presence information including; wait times associated with the contacts in the contact list, the wait times corresponding to an estimated time that a user of the user device will wait, when initiating a communication session with a particular contact in the contact list, before reaching a human operator; displaying, by the user device, an indication of the wait times as part of display of the contacts in the contact list, the indication of the wait times being displayed independently of before corresponding communication sessions have been initiated with the contacts in the contact list; receiving, by the user device, alert information indicating when an alert, relating to a contact in the contact list, should be issued; determining, by the user device and based on the wait times, that the alert should be issued; and providing, by the user device, an audible or visual alert corresponding to the particular contact in the contact list. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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