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Method and system for pausing a session with an interactive voice response unit

  • US 6,654,447 B1
  • Filed: 10/13/2000
  • Issued: 11/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for pausing a session with a voice response unit, the system comprising:

  • an interface operable to establish a session;

    a processor operable to pause the session in response to receiving a pause signal and initiate a workflow comprising a plurality of stages, each stage defining an output from the processor in response to an input to the processor, wherein the workflow further comprises;

    a pausible menu message stage during which the processor is operable to pause the session; and

    a nonpausible information retrieving stage during which the processor is not operable to pause the session; and

    a state engine operable to determine an interrupted state of the session when the processor pauses the session, wherein the processor is operable to resume the session at the interrupted state of the session in response to receiving a resume signal.

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