Method and system for scheduling a customer service callback
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1. A method of scheduling a callback time for customer service, the method including:
- calculating by a processor an estimated total amount of handling resources available during a future time interval for a customer interaction system;
forecasting in a processor a customer service transaction workload for the estimated handling resources of the customer interaction system, including determining expected values and confidence limits for forecasted transactions and forecasted handling times for the future time intervals;
determining the scheduled callback time based upon the estimated handling resources and the forecasted customer service transaction workload; and
wherein the calculating and the forecasting includes using a predetermined forecast time interval for the estimated handling resources and the customer service transaction workload, and the calculated estimate of handling resources is a mean number of resources scheduled which is corrected based on deviation between an actual mean number of available resources and the scheduled mean number of resources over recent past time intervals.
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Abstract
A method and system for scheduling a callback time for customer service. The system calculates estimated handling resources for a customer interaction system (14) and forecasts a customer service transaction workload for the estimated handling resources of the customer interaction system (14). The system then determines the scheduled callback time based upon the estimated handling resources and the forecasted customer service transaction workload.
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83 Claims
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1. A method of scheduling a callback time for customer service, the method including:
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calculating by a processor an estimated total amount of handling resources available during a future time interval for a customer interaction system; forecasting in a processor a customer service transaction workload for the estimated handling resources of the customer interaction system, including determining expected values and confidence limits for forecasted transactions and forecasted handling times for the future time intervals; determining the scheduled callback time based upon the estimated handling resources and the forecasted customer service transaction workload; and wherein the calculating and the forecasting includes using a predetermined forecast time interval for the estimated handling resources and the customer service transaction workload, and the calculated estimate of handling resources is a mean number of resources scheduled which is corrected based on deviation between an actual mean number of available resources and the scheduled mean number of resources over recent past time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system for scheduling a callback time for customer service, the system including:
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a processor tracking module programmed to calculate estimated total handling resources available during a future time interval for a customer interaction system; a processor forecasting module programmed to forecast a customer service transaction workload for the estimated handling resources of the customer interaction system, including determining expected values and confidence limits for forecasted transactions and forecasted handling times for the future time interval; a processor callback module programmed to determine the callback time based upon the estimated handling resources and the forecasted customer service transaction workload; and wherein the processor tracking module uses projected resource availability based on times resources are scheduled to calculate the estimated handling resources, and the calculated estimate of handling resources is a mean number of handling resources scheduled which is corrected based on deviation between an actual mean number of available resources and the scheduled mean number of resources over recent past time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A machine readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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calculate estimated total handling resources available during a future time interval for a customer interaction system; forecast a customer service transaction workload for the estimated handling resources of the customer interaction system including determining expected values and confidence limits for forecasted transactions and forecasted handling times for the future time interval; determine the callback time based upon the estimated handling resources and the forecasted customer service transaction workload; wherein the calculating and the forecasting includes using a predetermined forecast time interval for the estimated total handling resources and the customer service transaction workload, and the calculated estimate of handling resources is a mean number of resources scheduled which is corrected based on deviation between an actual mean number of available resources and the scheduled mean number of resources over recent past time intervals.
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83. A system to schedule a callback time for customer service, the system including:
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a first means for calculating estimated total handling resources available during a future time interval for a customer interaction system; a second means for forecasting a customer service transaction workload for the estimated handling resources of the customer interaction system including determining expected values and confidence limits for forecasted transactions and forecasted handling times; a third means for determining the callback time based upon the estimated handling resources and the forecasted customer service transaction workload; and wherein the means for calculating uses projected resource availability based on times resources are scheduled to calculate the estimated handling resources, and the calculated estimate of handling resources is a mean number of handling resources scheduled which is corrected based on deviation between an actual mean number of available resources and the scheduled mean number of resources over recent past time intervals.
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