System for routing electronic mails
First Claim
1. A system for routing electronic mail (e-mail) to one of a plurality of support persons in a processing center, each of said support persons having a skill set suitable for responding to a certain type of e-mails, the system comprising:
- an e-mail server for receiving said e-mail from a sender;
an information extractor adapted for extracting relative information from said e-mail; and
a router for routing said e-mail to a selected one of said support persons based on said skill set and said extracted information;
wherein the system is adapted to further process said e-mail in the event the support person to which the e-mail is first routed does not respond to the e-mail within a pre-programmed time interval.
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Abstract
A system for routing electronic mails to one of a plurality of support persons in a processing center is disclosed. Each person has a skill set that is suitable for responding to a certain type of e-mails. The system comprises an e-mail server for receiving the e-mail from a sender, an information extractor for extracting relevant information from the e-mail, and a router for routing the e-mail. The system contains a database for storing information related to all persons who can answer e-mails. The system also contains a server for storing the history of all activities in the system. The router can make routing decisions based on the information stored in the database and the server.
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1. A system for routing electronic mail (e-mail) to one of a plurality of support persons in a processing center, each of said support persons having a skill set suitable for responding to a certain type of e-mails, the system comprising:
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an e-mail server for receiving said e-mail from a sender; an information extractor adapted for extracting relative information from said e-mail; and a router for routing said e-mail to a selected one of said support persons based on said skill set and said extracted information; wherein the system is adapted to further process said e-mail in the event the support person to which the e-mail is first routed does not respond to the e-mail within a pre-programmed time interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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