Retrieval of data related to a call center
First Claim
1. A method, comprising;
- collecting data associated with a plurality of call centers;
receiving a request from a first one of the plurality of call centers for information regarding the plurality of call centers;
obtaining the requested information; and
forwarding the requested information to the first call center.
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Abstract
In recent times, communications service providers have been able to offer large business enterprises the ability to share call center operation among multiple geographically dispersed call centers. In particular, network-resident call handling technologies have been developed for performing some of the handling and queuing of each inbound call within the communications network, that is, before the call is forwarded to an ACD at a particular call center. However, by outsourcing a portion of the call center operations to a network-based call routing system, the call centers are no longer able to maintain direct control over, and are generally unable to directly access information, such as statistics, about the calls in the network or other call centers. Accordingly, an interface is provided that allows an entity to obtain information about calls within the network or other call center(s).
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26 Claims
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1. A method, comprising;
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collecting data associated with a plurality of call centers; receiving a request from a first one of the plurality of call centers for information regarding the plurality of call centers; obtaining the requested information; and forwarding the requested information to the first call center. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for obtaining information associated with a plurality of call centers, comprising:
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sending, by a first device associated with a first one of the plurality of call centers, a request for information associated with the plurality of call centers; receiving, from a second device, the requested information, the information being associated with the first call center and other ones of the plurality of call centers; and displaying the requested information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for monitoring a plurality of call centers, comprising;
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means for collecting data associated with the plurality of call centers; means for receiving a request from a first one of the plurality of call centers for information associated with the plurality of call centers; and means for providing the information associated with the plurality of call centers to the first call center. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. The system of 15, further comprising:
means for distributing calls to the plurality of call centers, wherein the plurality of call centers are located in geographically different locations.
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22. A system, comprising:
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a memory; a first device configured to; collect data associated with a plurality of call centers, and store the data in the memory; and an input device configured to; receive a request for information associated with the plurality of call centers from a first one of the plurality of call centers, and forward the request to the first device, wherein the first device is further configured to; obtain the requested information, and forward the requested information to the first call center. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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