Method and apparatus for managing customer data
First Claim
1. A system for processing user inquiries, the system comprising:
- (a) a global knowledge database including a plurality of categorized responses corresponding to a plurality of user inquiries wherein each categorized response comprises at least one identifier;
(b) a first response system in communication with the global knowledge database, the first response system configured to provide a first categorized response included in the global knowledge database to a first user inquiry, the first response system being of a first type of response system;
(c) a second response system in communication with the global knowledge database, the second response system configured to provide a second categorized response included in the global knowledge database to a second user inquiry, the second response system being of a second type of response system;
(d) an analysis database configured to store and analyze first data relating to the categorized responses provided by the first response system and the second response system, and second data relating to the identifiers of the first response and the second response;
(e) a report generator configured to generate an interactive report using the data stored in the analysis database, wherein the report comprises a plurality of categories, wherein each category corresponds to at least one of;
a response system, a categorized response, and an identifier of a categorized response; and
wherein the report comprises at least one recommendation regarding at least one response system, wherein the recommendation is selected from the group consisting of change a business process, change a specified response system, send this type of transaction to a specified response system, enhance a handling of a customer contact, automate the response to the customer, and do not change the business process.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the technology disclosed herein provides an overall, or holistic view, of an enterprise'"'"'s interaction with its customers. These embodiments can also provide a holistic view of other types of interactions. In one particular embodiment, a system collects and aggregates information related to user inquiries and/or response generated by different types of response systems. Such an embodiment could collect data about phone response system activities and aggregate that information with data about automated response system activities. Other embodiments collect and aggregate information related to customer information, contact resolutions and other information. Other embodiments of the disclosed technology generate reports based on aggregated information and/or generate recommendations to address problems with the individual response systems or the overall strategy for responding to customer inquiries.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for processing user inquiries, the system comprising:
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(a) a global knowledge database including a plurality of categorized responses corresponding to a plurality of user inquiries wherein each categorized response comprises at least one identifier; (b) a first response system in communication with the global knowledge database, the first response system configured to provide a first categorized response included in the global knowledge database to a first user inquiry, the first response system being of a first type of response system; (c) a second response system in communication with the global knowledge database, the second response system configured to provide a second categorized response included in the global knowledge database to a second user inquiry, the second response system being of a second type of response system; (d) an analysis database configured to store and analyze first data relating to the categorized responses provided by the first response system and the second response system, and second data relating to the identifiers of the first response and the second response; (e) a report generator configured to generate an interactive report using the data stored in the analysis database, wherein the report comprises a plurality of categories, wherein each category corresponds to at least one of;
a response system, a categorized response, and an identifier of a categorized response; andwherein the report comprises at least one recommendation regarding at least one response system, wherein the recommendation is selected from the group consisting of change a business process, change a specified response system, send this type of transaction to a specified response system, enhance a handling of a customer contact, automate the response to the customer, and do not change the business process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for processing user inquiries, the system comprising:
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(a) a first response system configured to provide a first categorized response to a first user inquiry, wherein the first categorized response comprises at least one identifier, the first response system being a first type of response system; (b) a second response system configured to provide a second categorized response to a second user inquiry independent of the first response system, wherein the second categorized response comprises at least one identifier, the second response system being a second type of response system; (c) a global knowledge database configured to communicate with the first response system and the second response system, wherein the first categorized response and the second categorized response are both stored in the global knowledge database; (d) an analysis database configured to store and analyze data related to the categorized responses, the response systems, and the identifiers; and (e) a report generator configured to generate a report based on the data analyzed by the analysis database, wherein the report comprises at least one recommendation regarding at least one response system, wherein the at least one recommendation is selected from the group consisting of change a business process, change a response system, send this type of transaction to a specified response system, enhance a handling of a customer contact, automate the response to the customer, and do not change the business process. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for managing user inquiries, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving an inquiry from a user; (b) retrieving a categorized response to the user inquiry from a global knowledge database, wherein; (i) the global knowledge database includes a plurality of categorized responses; (ii) each categorized response from the plurality of categorized responses comprises at least one identifier; (c) via a response system, providing the categorized response retrieved from the global knowledge database to the user; (d) storing an identifier of the categorized response provided to the user in an analysis database; (e) storing an identifier of the response system in the analysis database; and (f) generating a report using the identifiers stored in the analysis database; wherein the report comprises an overlaid contact graph comprising a plurality of shapes, wherein each shape from the plurality of shapes has at least one dimension corresponding to data stored in the analysis database. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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