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1. A system comprising:
- a network interface configured to receive a long-term health trend of an agent in a work pool;
a processor to determine an impact of the long-term health trend on a performance objective of the contact center and select a mitigation strategy to mitigate the long-term health trend on the performance objective;
an assignment module configured to assign a work task to a portion of the work pool in accord with the mitigation strategy; and
a switch configured to route the assigned work task to at least one agent of the portion of the work pool.
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Abstract
Many factors can affect the operation of a contact center, especially contact centers utilizing human agents. An agent'"'"'s health may be utilized as a predictor of performance with respect to a particular task. Having sensors to gather health data are provided. The data may then be aggregated into a long-term health trend, which may be determined to indicate that a change in an agent'"'"'s performance is likely and may allow the contact center to reallocate tasks and/or other resources to accommodate the change in performance to mitigate the effect of the change in the agent'"'"'s health. Work tasks are then routed to agents accordingly.
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1. A system comprising:
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a network interface configured to receive a long-term health trend of an agent in a work pool; a processor to determine an impact of the long-term health trend on a performance objective of the contact center and select a mitigation strategy to mitigate the long-term health trend on the performance objective; an assignment module configured to assign a work task to a portion of the work pool in accord with the mitigation strategy; and a switch configured to route the assigned work task to at least one agent of the portion of the work pool. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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a sensor configured to receive a health-indicating attribute of the agent and convert the received health-indicating attribute into a long-term health trend datum; a data store configured to receive the long-term health trend datum for access by the network interface as a component of the long-term health trend a network interface configured to receive the long-term health trend of an agent in a work pool; a processor to determine an impact of the long-term health trend on a performance objective of the contact center and select a mitigation strategy to mitigate the long-term health trend on the performance objective; an assignment module configured to assign a portion of the work pool to perform a work task to in accord with the mitigation strategy; and a switch configured to route the assigned work task to at least one agent of the portion of the work pool. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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a network interface configured to receive a long-term health trend of an agent in a work pool; a processor to determine an impact of the long-term health trend on a performance objective of the contact center and select a mitigation strategy to mitigate the long-term health trend on the performance objective; an assignment module configured to assign a work task to a portion of the work pool in accord with the mitigation strategy; and a switch configured to route the assigned work task to at least one agent of the portion of the work pool. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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