Method and System for Crowd-Sourcing Customer Care
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a request, via a crowd care portal, from a customer of a business;
routing, by a routing module, the request to at least one crowd care tier of a plurality of crowd care tiers, the plurality of crowd care tiers comprising individuals who have entered a service level agreement with the business, the service level agreement comprising a time constraint period defining a period of time the individuals have to submit a solution to the request;
receiving, by the routing module, the solution to the request from the at least one crowd care tier, in compliance with the service level agreement; and
sending, by an alerts management module, the solution to the customer.
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Abstract
A method and system are disclosed that enables crowd-sourcing of customer care. The disclosed crowd sourcing system may use a diverse workforce, including a business'"'"'s customer base, an online community, and an employee base. The exemplary crowd-sourcing system may use a service level agreement for the crowd care providers that includes a time constraint period during which the crowd care provider may submit a response to a customer request. Customer requests may be routed to one or more particular crowd care providers or crowd care tiers, whose expertise and/or experience may be taken into account during such routing. In this manner, customer requests may be resolved in a timely fashion without relying solely on an employee base.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a request, via a crowd care portal, from a customer of a business; routing, by a routing module, the request to at least one crowd care tier of a plurality of crowd care tiers, the plurality of crowd care tiers comprising individuals who have entered a service level agreement with the business, the service level agreement comprising a time constraint period defining a period of time the individuals have to submit a solution to the request; receiving, by the routing module, the solution to the request from the at least one crowd care tier, in compliance with the service level agreement; and sending, by an alerts management module, the solution to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory comprising computer-readable instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform the steps comprising; receiving a request from a customer of a business; routing the request to at least one crowd care tier of a plurality of crowd care tiers, the plurality of crowd care tiers comprising individuals who have entered a service level agreement with the business, the service level agreement comprising a time constraint period defining a period of time the individuals have to submit a solution to the request; receiving the solution to the request from the at least one crowd care tier, in compliance with the service level agreement; and sending the solution to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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