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Dynamic network call distributor

  • US 5,291,550 A
  • Filed: 07/09/1993
  • Issued: 03/01/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a telecommunications network, a method of selecting one of a plurality of destinations for a call from a caller to a customer, each destination comprising apparatus for connecting a call to one of a plurality of agents, said method for connection of said call via said telecommunications network from said caller to said customer, said caller originating one of a plurality of types of calls, comprising:

  • in a data base of said network, maintaining a record of a number of calls currently connected to each of said destinations, each destination comprising apparatus for connecting a call to one of a plurality of agents;

    using said record, a type of said call from said caller to said customer, and routing parameters, said routing parameters based on information provided by said customer for each type of call to said customer, for selecting one of said destinations for connecting said call from said caller to one of a plurality of agents connected by said one of said destinations.

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