System and Method for Improving Call Center Communications
First Claim
1. A system for routing a request for service in a call center comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing data representative of a queue of customers waiting to be serviced; and
a processor configured to;
queue the request for service initiated by a customer;
send data output to the customer to ascertain the customer'"'"'s cause for the request via a data communication channel;
receive data input indicative of the customer'"'"'s cause for the request;
identify an agent from a plurality of agents suitable to address the caller'"'"'s cause for the request;
adjust the customer'"'"'s position in the queue based on the identified agent; and
determine a routing instruction about routing the customer'"'"'s request to the identified agent.
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Abstract
Methods and systems route requests for service in a call center. A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores data representative of a queue of customers waiting to be serviced. A processor queues a request for service initiated by a customer. Data output is sent to the customer to ascertain the customer'"'"'s cause for the request via a data communication channel. Data input is received from the customer via the data communication channel. The data input indicates the customer'"'"'s cause for the request. An agent is identified from a plurality of agents suitable to address the customer'"'"'s cause for the request. The customer'"'"'s position is adjusted in the queue based on the identified agent. A routing instruction is determined about routing the request to the identified agent.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for routing a request for service in a call center comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing data representative of a queue of customers waiting to be serviced; and a processor configured to; queue the request for service initiated by a customer; send data output to the customer to ascertain the customer'"'"'s cause for the request via a data communication channel; receive data input indicative of the customer'"'"'s cause for the request; identify an agent from a plurality of agents suitable to address the caller'"'"'s cause for the request; adjust the customer'"'"'s position in the queue based on the identified agent; and determine a routing instruction about routing the customer'"'"'s request to the identified agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for routing a request for service in a call center, comprising:
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storing, by a non-transitory computer-readable medium, data representative of a queue of customers waiting to be serviced; queuing, by a processor, the request for service initiated by a customer; sending, by the processor, data output to the customer to ascertain the customer'"'"'s cause for the request via a data communication channel; receiving, by the processor, data input indicative of the customer'"'"'s cause for the request; identifying, by the processor, an agent from a plurality of agents suitable to address the customer'"'"'s cause for the request; adjusting, by the processor, the customer'"'"'s position in the queue based on the identified agent; and determining, by the processor, a routing instruction about routing the customer'"'"'s request to the identified agent. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising computer-executable instructions, for causing one or more processors to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
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queue a request for service initiated by a customer; send data output to the customer to ascertain the customer'"'"'s cause for the request via a data communication channel; receive data input via the data communication channel, the data input indicative of the customer'"'"'s cause for the request; identify an agent from a plurality of agents suitable to address the customer'"'"'s cause for the request; adjust the customer'"'"'s position in the queue based on the identified agent; and determine a routing instruction about routing the customer'"'"'s request to the identified agent.
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