Extended access for automatic call distributing system
First Claim
1. A method of establishing a telephone call between an outside telephone and an agent station comprisingmaking a request for a telephone call with an agent station, said request being made at an outside computer that is associated with said outside telephone and is connected to a public computer network, receiving said request at a server connected to said public computer network-and communicating said request to a call router that monitors the status of agent stations connected to a telephone network, identifying, after said receiving and prior to initiating a call from said outside telephone, an available agent station at said call router, and initiating and establishing, after said identifying, a telephone connection from said outside telephone directly to said available agent station over said telephone network so that said connection is external of said call router.
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Abstract
A system for establishing a telephone call between an outside telephone and an agent station, the outside telephone is associated with an outside computer that is connected to a public computer network and is used to request a call with an agent. The request is received at a server connected to the public computer network and is communicated by the server to a call router that is connected to a telephone network and monitors the status of agent stations connected to the telephone network. The call router identifies an available agent station, and signals are sent to establish a telephone call from the outside telephone to the available agent.
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48 Claims
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1. A method of establishing a telephone call between an outside telephone and an agent station comprising
making a request for a telephone call with an agent station, said request being made at an outside computer that is associated with said outside telephone and is connected to a public computer network, receiving said request at a server connected to said public computer network-and communicating said request to a call router that monitors the status of agent stations connected to a telephone network, identifying, after said receiving and prior to initiating a call from said outside telephone, an available agent station at said call router, and initiating and establishing, after said identifying, a telephone connection from said outside telephone directly to said available agent station over said telephone network so that said connection is external of said call router.
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29. Apparatus for establishing a telephone call between an outside telephone and an agent station connected to a telephone network, said outside telephone being associated with an outside computer connected to a public computer network, comprising
a call router that monitors the status of agent stations connected to said telephone network, and identifies an available agent in response to a request for an available agent, and a server that is connected to said public computer network, receives requests for a telephone call with an agent station from said outside computer, communicates said requests to said call router, thereafter receives an identification of an available agent from said call router prior to initiating a call from said outside telephone, and thereafter sends signals to said outside computer permitting a telephone connection to be initiated and established directly from said outside telephone to said available agent so that said connection is external of said call router.
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