Automatic call distributor with prioritization
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1. An automatic call distributor, comprising:
- means for receiving an application telephone call and routing the received application call to one of a plurality of agents;
means for routing an external position call directly to one of said agents;
means for routing an internal position call directly to one of said agents;
means for selectively changing call type priority levels of application, external position, and internal position calls for a particular agent; and
means responsive to concurrent application, external position, and internal position calls incoming to the particular agent and to said changed priority levels for routing one of said application, external position, and internal position calls having a first highest relative priority to the particular agent.
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An automatic call distributor (ACD) for routing application, external position and internal position telephone calls to one of a plurality of agents is disclosed. Priority levels of the different types of calls are selectively assigned for each individual agent and can be changed as desired. When a plurality of incoming calls having different call types are received concurrently for a particular agent, the call of the call type having the highest priority as determined for the particular agent is connected to the particular agent first.
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1. An automatic call distributor, comprising:
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means for receiving an application telephone call and routing the received application call to one of a plurality of agents; means for routing an external position call directly to one of said agents; means for routing an internal position call directly to one of said agents; means for selectively changing call type priority levels of application, external position, and internal position calls for a particular agent; and means responsive to concurrent application, external position, and internal position calls incoming to the particular agent and to said changed priority levels for routing one of said application, external position, and internal position calls having a first highest relative priority to the particular agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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