Agent-initiated dynamic requeing of misrouted calls in call-routing systems
First Claim
1. A telephone call-routing system for re-routing a first incoming call, comprising:
- a first network-level telephony switching apparatus having a first telephony trunk for receiving and switching the incoming call;
a first Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) processor coupled to the first telephony switching apparatus;
a client-premises call center having a second telephony switching apparatus connected to individual telephones at a plurality of agent stations and to the first telephony switching apparatus by a telephony trunk; and
a second CTI processor connected to the second telephony switching apparatus by a CTI link, to the first CTI processor by a digital network link separate from the telephony trunk, and to computers at individual ones of the agent stations by a local area network (LAN);
wherein the first CTI processor controls queuing and routing of incoming calls, and responds to signals from a first agent received over the digital network link through the LAN and the second CTI processor to re-route the first incoming call previously routed to the first agent according to existing routing rules at the first CTI processor.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for re-routing mis-routed calls in call-routing systems and call-in centers wherein provision is made for commands to be sent from an agent receiving a mis-routed call to a routing intelligence over a digital network connection, causing a mis-routed call to be inserted in a queue of calls to be routed ahead of calls received to be routed after the first call was mis-routed. In some embodiments the first agent may simply send back the mis-routed call to be requeued. In other instances the agent may confer with a second agent at a station to which the call is to be forwarded, before the caller is connected to the second agent. In still other instances the first agent, the second agent, and the caller may be conferenced together.
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4 Claims
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1. A telephone call-routing system for re-routing a first incoming call, comprising:
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a first network-level telephony switching apparatus having a first telephony trunk for receiving and switching the incoming call; a first Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) processor coupled to the first telephony switching apparatus; a client-premises call center having a second telephony switching apparatus connected to individual telephones at a plurality of agent stations and to the first telephony switching apparatus by a telephony trunk; and a second CTI processor connected to the second telephony switching apparatus by a CTI link, to the first CTI processor by a digital network link separate from the telephony trunk, and to computers at individual ones of the agent stations by a local area network (LAN); wherein the first CTI processor controls queuing and routing of incoming calls, and responds to signals from a first agent received over the digital network link through the LAN and the second CTI processor to re-route the first incoming call previously routed to the first agent according to existing routing rules at the first CTI processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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