Context-sensitive presentation of information to call-center agents
First Claim
1. A method of presenting information at a call center agent position in a context-sensitive manner, comprising the steps of:
- monitoring activities at an agent position of a call center, including monitoring with whom an agent at the agent position is presently engaged in a call and what the call is about;
receiving a request for information from the agent position;
in response to the request, analyzing the request within a context of with whom the agent is presently engaged and what the call is about to determine a subset of the requested information, that excludes some of the requested information, which is most relevant to who the agent is presently engaged with and to what the call is about; and
presenting at least the subset of the requested information at the agent position in response to the request, including presenting the subset of the requested information in a manner that emphasizes the subset over the rest of the requested information.
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Abstract
A method (200-520) and an apparatus (118) for presenting information to a call center agent in a context-sensitive manner involves monitoring (314, 504) activities--such as keyboard or pointer input from an agent and information being displayed to the agent--at an agent position (140, 150) of a call center, receiving (318, 508) a request for information--such as directory information or a list of wrapup codes--from the agent, in response analyzing (322, 324, 512) the request within the context of the monitored activities to determine a subset of the requested information--such as selected telephone numbers or a selected wrapup code--which is most relevant to the monitored activities, and then either presenting (404, 408)--displaying--only the subset to the agent in response to the request, or presenting (410, 514) the requested information in a manner that emphasizes the subset over the rest of the requested information--such as by highlighting the subset. Preferably, the monitoring also includes monitoring (202) with whom the agent is presently engaged in a telephone call and what the telephone call is about, and the analyzing also includes analyzing (208, 304) the monitored activities to determine whether non-requested information is relevant to the monitored activities or what actions should be undertaken with respect to the call, and then giving an indication (216, 312) of the determination to the agent.
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Citations
44 Claims
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1. A method of presenting information at a call center agent position in a context-sensitive manner, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring activities at an agent position of a call center, including monitoring with whom an agent at the agent position is presently engaged in a call and what the call is about; receiving a request for information from the agent position; in response to the request, analyzing the request within a context of with whom the agent is presently engaged and what the call is about to determine a subset of the requested information, that excludes some of the requested information, which is most relevant to who the agent is presently engaged with and to what the call is about; and presenting at least the subset of the requested information at the agent position in response to the request, including presenting the subset of the requested information in a manner that emphasizes the subset over the rest of the requested information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of presenting information to a call center agent in a context-sensitive manner, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring an agent'"'"'s input into an agent position and information being displayed to the agent at the agent position to determine with whom the agent is presently engaged in a telephone call and what the telephone call is about; receiving a request from the agent to display, at the agent position, contents of a directory that includes a plurality of directory entries; in response to the request, analyzing the request within a context of with whom the agent is presently engaged and what the telephone call is about, to determine a subset of the directory entries which are most relevant to who the agent is presently engaged with and to what the telephone call is about; and displaying only the subset of the directory entries at the agent position in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method of presenting address directory information to a party to a communication in a context-sensitive manner, comprising the steps of:
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determining with whom the party to the communication is presently engaged in the communication; analyzing by machine contents of an address directory that includes a plurality of address directory entries to determine a subset of the address directory entries which are most relevant to who the party to the communication is presently engaged with and which excludes some of the address directory entries; and presenting the subset of the address directory entries to the party to the communication. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus for presenting information at a call center agent position in a context-sensitive manner, comprising:
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means for monitoring activities at an agent position of a call center, including monitoring with whom an agent at the agent position is presently engaged in a call and what the call is about; a processor connected to the monitoring means and responsive to receiving a request for information from the agent position, for analyzing the request within a context of with whom the agent is presently engaged and what the call is about to determine a subset of the requested information, that excludes some of the requested information, which is most relevant to who the agent is presently engaged with and to what the call is about; and means connected to the processor for presenting at least the subset of the requested information at the agent position in response to the request, including presenting the subset of the requested information in a manner that emphasizes the subset over the rest of the requested information. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An apparatus for presenting information to a call center agent in a context-sensitive manner, comprising:
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means for monitoring an agent'"'"'s input into an agent position and information being displayed to the agent at the agent position to determine with whom the agent is presently engaged in a telephone call and what the telephone call is about; a processor connected to the monitoring means and responsive to receipt of a request from the agent to display at the agent position contents of a directory that includes a plurality of directory entries, for analyzing the request within a context of with whom the agent is presently engaged and what the telephone call is about, to determine a subset of the directory entries which are most relevant to who the agent is presently engaged with and to what the telephone call is about; and means connected to the processor, for displaying only the subset of the directory entries at the agent position in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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41. An apparatus for presenting address directory information to a party to a communication in a context-sensitive manner, comprising:
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means for determining with whom the party to the communication is presently engaged in the communication; means for analyzing contents of an address directory that includes a plurality of address directory entries to determine a subset of the address directory entries which are most relevant to who the party to the communication is presently engaged with and which excludes some of the address directory entries; and presenting the subset of the address directory entries to the party to the communication. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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