System and method for automating customer relations in a communications environment
First Claim
1. A system for providing automated customer support comprising:
- a customer relations management module configured to;
receive a signal from each of a plurality of passive listening devices coupled to a data center switch, each of the passive listening devices configured to monitor a performance characteristic of at least a portion of a communication network and to output the signal in response to the monitored performance characteristic, each of the passive listening devices responsive to interrogation by an interrogation device and configured to receive queries from the interrogation device in response to a subscriber inquiry;
identify at least one monitored component of the communication network that provides service to a particular subscriber making the subscriber inquiry;
receive historical subscriber-specific performance data related to the particular subscriber and associated with the at least one monitored component from a performance database accessible to the customer relations management module and to each of the passive listening devices;
generate a list of responses to the subscriber inquiry based on an analysis of data located in the performance database;
assign a confidence level to each particular response in the list of responses based on a likelihood of the particular response addressing the subscriber inquiry;
automatically transmit at least one of the responses to the particular subscriber when the confidence level assigned to the at least one response satisfies a threshold level; and
automatically route the subscriber inquiry to an agent station when the confidence level assigned to each of the responses fails to satisfy the threshold level.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for automating network performance to a customer support department that includes a passive listening device configured to monitor portions of a communication network. A performance database may be coupled to the passive listening device and configured to store network performance data. A customer relations module may be included and configured to receive a subscriber inquiry and to identify at least one monitored component of a communication network that affects the subscriber. The module may retrieve performance data on one or more components of the communication network to provide customer-specific communication performance data to the subscriber and/or the agent assisting the subscriber.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for providing automated customer support comprising:
a customer relations management module configured to; receive a signal from each of a plurality of passive listening devices coupled to a data center switch, each of the passive listening devices configured to monitor a performance characteristic of at least a portion of a communication network and to output the signal in response to the monitored performance characteristic, each of the passive listening devices responsive to interrogation by an interrogation device and configured to receive queries from the interrogation device in response to a subscriber inquiry; identify at least one monitored component of the communication network that provides service to a particular subscriber making the subscriber inquiry; receive historical subscriber-specific performance data related to the particular subscriber and associated with the at least one monitored component from a performance database accessible to the customer relations management module and to each of the passive listening devices; generate a list of responses to the subscriber inquiry based on an analysis of data located in the performance database; assign a confidence level to each particular response in the list of responses based on a likelihood of the particular response addressing the subscriber inquiry; automatically transmit at least one of the responses to the particular subscriber when the confidence level assigned to the at least one response satisfies a threshold level; and automatically route the subscriber inquiry to an agent station when the confidence level assigned to each of the responses fails to satisfy the threshold level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of providing customer service comprising:
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receiving a signal from each of a plurality of passive listening devices coupled to a data center switch, each of the passive listening devices configured to monitor a performance characteristic of at least a portion of a communication network and to output the signal in response to the monitored performance characteristic, each of the passive listening devices responsive to interrogation by an interrogation device and configured to receive queries from the interrogation device in response to a subscriber inquiry; identifying at least one monitored component of the communication network that provides service to a particular subscriber making the subscriber inquiry; receiving historical subscriber-specific performance data related to the particular subscriber and associated with the at least one monitored component from a performance database accessible to the data center switch and to the plurality of passive listening devices; generating a list of responses to the subscriber inquiry based on an analysis of data located in the performance database; assigning a confidence level to each particular response in the list of responses based on a likelihood of the particular response addressing the subscriber inquiry; automatically transmitting at least one of the responses to the particular subscriber when the confidence level assigned to the at least one response satisfies a threshold level; and automatically routing the subscriber inquiry to an agent station when the confidence level assigned to each of the responses fails to satisfy the threshold level. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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