Method for detecting availability of non-traditional agent
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1. A method for detecting availability of a non-traditional agent in an automatic call distribution (acd) system to receive a call from a caller, said method comprising the steps of:
- the acd system selecting a non-traditional agent having a cell phone to be assigned to the call;
determining that the selected agent is present at the cell phone of the selected agent prior to calling the selected agent'"'"'s cell phone;
the acd system placing an agent call to the agent cell phone of the selected agent and connecting the call to a media server, the media server prompting the agent on the agent cell phone for confirmation of availability when the agent call is connected to the agent phone;
selecting another agent if a voicemail system answers the call;
the acd system connecting the caller to the agent in response to confirmation of availability from the agent, and not connecting the caller if no confirmation is received.
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A method is provided for distribution and assignment of calls to an agent that has confirmed its current availability status. In one embodiment an agent is selected by the system and prompted for its current availability. If the agent is available, the call is routed to the agent. If the agent is not available the system selects another agent and the process is repeated. Then, a call is assigned to an available agent based on current availability information.
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1. A method for detecting availability of a non-traditional agent in an automatic call distribution (acd) system to receive a call from a caller, said method comprising the steps of:
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the acd system selecting a non-traditional agent having a cell phone to be assigned to the call; determining that the selected agent is present at the cell phone of the selected agent prior to calling the selected agent'"'"'s cell phone; the acd system placing an agent call to the agent cell phone of the selected agent and connecting the call to a media server, the media server prompting the agent on the agent cell phone for confirmation of availability when the agent call is connected to the agent phone; selecting another agent if a voicemail system answers the call; the acd system connecting the caller to the agent in response to confirmation of availability from the agent, and not connecting the caller if no confirmation is received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for detecting current availability of a non-traditional agent to receive a call via an automatic call distribution (acd) system comprising the steps of:
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the acd system selecting a non-traditional agent having a cell phone to be assigned to the call; determining that the selected agent is present at the cell phone of the selected agent prior to calling the selected agent'"'"'s cell phone; the acd system placing an agent call to the agent cell phone of the selected agent and connecting the call to a media server, the media server prompting the agent on the agent phone for confirmation of current availability when the agent call is answered; receiving a response from the agent cell phone and determining availability of the agent in response thereto and; the acd system selecting another agent if a voicemail system answers the call. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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