Personalizing computerized customer service
First Claim
1. A method for enhancing user satisfaction with a telephonic response system comprising a computer, said method comprising:
- said computer querying a user at a telephone to determine preferred voice qualities while the computer is engaged in telephone communication with the user via the telephone;
said computer receiving, from the user at the telephone, responses to said querying;
said computer determining from the responses received from the user, using voice recognition functions of the telephonic response system, the preferred voice qualities; and
said computer storing, in a user profile of the user located in a database accessible to the computer, the preferred voice qualities determined from the responses received from the user.
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Abstract
A method for improving user satisfaction with automated response computer driven systems is provided. In one embodiment the automated computer system utilizes a Web browser accessing at least a Web site. In another embodiment, the automated computer system is a telephonic response system with voice recognition and generation capability. In each embodiment the user is first prompted to provide indications of user language usage preferences which are then analyzed and stored in a user profile. Thereafter, subsequent information from the automated system is modified in accordance with the stored user profile before presentation to the user.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for enhancing user satisfaction with a telephonic response system comprising a computer, said method comprising:
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said computer querying a user at a telephone to determine preferred voice qualities while the computer is engaged in telephone communication with the user via the telephone; said computer receiving, from the user at the telephone, responses to said querying; said computer determining from the responses received from the user, using voice recognition functions of the telephonic response system, the preferred voice qualities; and said computer storing, in a user profile of the user located in a database accessible to the computer, the preferred voice qualities determined from the responses received from the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A telephonic response system, said telephonic response system comprising a computer, said computer configured to perform a method for enhancing user satisfaction with the telephonic response system, said method comprising:
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said computer querying a user at a telephone to determine preferred voice qualities while the computer is engaged in telephone communication with the user via the telephone; said computer receiving, from the user at the telephone, responses to said querying; said computer determining from the responses received from the user, using voice recognition functions of the telephonic response system, the preferred voice qualities; and said computer storing, in a user profile of the user located in a database accessible to the computer, the preferred voice qualities determined from the responses received from the user. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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