Systems and methods for providing online collaborative support
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1. A method of providing online collaborative support to a customer node over a computer network, the method comprising:
- establishing an online support session facilitating, at least in part, bi-directional communication of support session information between a customer node and a first support node, the support session information being related to resolution of an issue relating to a computer or computer program that is faced by the customer node;
connecting, in response to a lack of resolution of the issue, a third node to the online support session, the connection being made without notice thereof being provided to the customer node;
communicating bi-directionally between the first support node and the third node in a collaborative effort to resolve the issue faced by the customer node;
transmitting additional support session information from the third node to an intermediate node different from the customer node, the first support node, and the third node;
reconfiguring, at the intermediate node, the additional support information in such a fashion that the reconfigured additional support session information appears to the customer node to have been transmitted from the first support node; and
transmitting the reconfigured additional support information from the intermediate node to the customer node, wherein the intermediate node is connected with the first support node and the third node via a first network, and wherein the intermediate node is connected with the customer node via a second network different from the first network.
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Abstract
A first support node and a third node provide online collaborative support to a customer node over a computer network. An online support session facilitating, at least in part, bi-directional communication between the customer node and the first support node is established. The third node is also connected to the online support session and receives support session information from the customer node. In addition, information is communicated bi-directionally between the first support node and the third node.
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1. A method of providing online collaborative support to a customer node over a computer network, the method comprising:
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establishing an online support session facilitating, at least in part, bi-directional communication of support session information between a customer node and a first support node, the support session information being related to resolution of an issue relating to a computer or computer program that is faced by the customer node; connecting, in response to a lack of resolution of the issue, a third node to the online support session, the connection being made without notice thereof being provided to the customer node; communicating bi-directionally between the first support node and the third node in a collaborative effort to resolve the issue faced by the customer node; transmitting additional support session information from the third node to an intermediate node different from the customer node, the first support node, and the third node; reconfiguring, at the intermediate node, the additional support information in such a fashion that the reconfigured additional support session information appears to the customer node to have been transmitted from the first support node; and transmitting the reconfigured additional support information from the intermediate node to the customer node, wherein the intermediate node is connected with the first support node and the third node via a first network, and wherein the intermediate node is connected with the customer node via a second network different from the first network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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5. A method of providing online collaborative support to a customer node over a computer network, the method comprising:
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establishing an online support session facilitating, at least in part, bi-directional communication of support session information between a customer node and a first support node, the support session information being related to resolution of an issue relating to a computer or computer program that is faced by the customer node; connecting, in response to a lack of resolution of the issue, a third node to the online support session; communicating bi-directionally between the first support node and the third node in a collaborative effort to resolve the issue faced by the customer node; transmitting additional support session information from the third node to an intermediate node different from the customer node, the first support node, and the third node, wherein the third node is assigned a control privilege over the first support node such that the customer node gives priority to processing the support session information transmitted thereto from the third node over the support session information transmitted thereto from the first support node; reconfiguring, at the intermediate node, the additional support information in such a fashion that the reconfigured additional support session information appears to the customer node to have been transmitted from the first support node; and transmitting the reconfigured additional support information from the intermediate node to the customer node, wherein the intermediate node is connected with the first support node and the third node via a first network, and wherein the intermediate node is connected with the customer node via a second network different from the first network. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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17. A system for providing online collaborative support to a customer node computing device over a computer network, the system comprising:
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a first support node computing device configured to connect to an online support session with a customer node computing device and to bi-directionally communicate support session information with the customer node, the support session information being related to resolution of an issue relating to a computer or computer program that is faced by the customer node; a third node computing device configured to connect, without notice thereof being provided to the customer node, to the online support session in response to a lack of resolution of the issue, to bi-directionally communicate with the first support node in a collaborative effort to resolve the issue faced by the customer node, and to transmit additional support session information to an intermediate node computing device different from the customer node computing device, the first support node computing device, and the third node computing device; and the intermediate node computing device configured to reconfigure the additional support information in such a fashion that the reconfigured additional support session information appears to the customer node to have been transmitted from the first support node and to transmit the reconfigured additional support information to the customer node, wherein the intermediate node is connected with the first support node and the third node via a first network, and wherein the intermediate node is connected with the customer node via a second network different from the first network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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20. A system for providing online collaborative support to a customer node computing device over a computer network, the system comprising:
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a first support node computing device configured to connect to an online support session with a customer node computing device and to bi-directionally communicate support session information with the customer node, the support session information being related to resolution of an issue relating to a computer or computer program that is faced by the customer node; a third node computing device configured to connect to the online support session in response to a lack of resolution of the issue, to bi-directionally communicate with the first support node in a collaborative effort to resolve the issue faced by the customer node, and to transmit additional support session information to an intermediate node computing device different from the customer node computing device, the first support node computing device, and the third node computing device, wherein the third node is assigned a control privilege over the first support node such that the customer node gives priority to processing the support session information transmitted thereto from the third node over the support session information transmitted thereto from the first support node; and the intermediate node computing device configured to reconfigure the additional support information in such a fashion that the reconfigured additional support session information appears to the customer node to have been transmitted from the first support node and to transmit the reconfigured additional support information to the customer node, wherein the intermediate node is connected with the first support node and the third node via a first network, and wherein the intermediate node is connected with the customer node via a second network different from the first network.
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