System and method for tracking communications within an organization
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring operations within an organization, said system comprising:
- a database configured to store information representative of communication history between employees and internal service provider employees within an organization, said database including at least one parameter associated with each communication between the employees, wherein the at least one parameter includes a pre-designated code indicative of a purpose of an associated communication, the pre-designated code selected from a plurality of pre-designated codes, each of the plurality of pre-designated codes indicative of a different problem encountered by the employees; and
a computing system in communication with said database and configured to execute software for enabling the internal service provider employees to enter information associated with the communications and for generating reports that include statistics associated with the pre-designated code indicative of the purpose for a communication, wherein the software is further configured to determine based on the statistics whether to make corrections to certain products or processes to improve overall efficiencies in the organization;
enable a user to select from a list of predefined reports that include number of calls by an associate, calls by source, calls by resolution, duplicate calls, calls by department, Arc orders, and project report; and
receive user-entered information from an internal service provider employee indicating a current location of the internal service provider employee, wherein the current location of the internal service provider employee is determined based solely on the internal service provider employee selecting a location from a selectable list to indicate the internal service provider employee'"'"'s current location, wherein the selectable list to indicate the internal service provider employee'"'"'s current location includes an indication of whether the internal service provider employee is on a break, working with a particular employee, gone for day, and located at the internal service provider employee'"'"'s desk.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring operations within an organization may include a database configured to store information representative of communication history between first employees and service provider employees within the organization. The database may include at least one parameter indicative of a purpose for each communication between the employees. A computing system may be in communication with the database and be configured to execute software for enabling the service provider employees to enter information associated with the communications and for generating reports that include statistics associated with the at least one parameter indicative of a purpose for a communication.
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16 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring operations within an organization, said system comprising:
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a database configured to store information representative of communication history between employees and internal service provider employees within an organization, said database including at least one parameter associated with each communication between the employees, wherein the at least one parameter includes a pre-designated code indicative of a purpose of an associated communication, the pre-designated code selected from a plurality of pre-designated codes, each of the plurality of pre-designated codes indicative of a different problem encountered by the employees; and a computing system in communication with said database and configured to execute software for enabling the internal service provider employees to enter information associated with the communications and for generating reports that include statistics associated with the pre-designated code indicative of the purpose for a communication, wherein the software is further configured to determine based on the statistics whether to make corrections to certain products or processes to improve overall efficiencies in the organization;
enable a user to select from a list of predefined reports that include number of calls by an associate, calls by source, calls by resolution, duplicate calls, calls by department, Arc orders, and project report; and
receive user-entered information from an internal service provider employee indicating a current location of the internal service provider employee, wherein the current location of the internal service provider employee is determined based solely on the internal service provider employee selecting a location from a selectable list to indicate the internal service provider employee'"'"'s current location, wherein the selectable list to indicate the internal service provider employee'"'"'s current location includes an indication of whether the internal service provider employee is on a break, working with a particular employee, gone for day, and located at the internal service provider employee'"'"'s desk. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for monitoring operations within an organization, said method comprising:
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storing, by a computing system, information representative of communication history between employees and internal service provider employees within an organization, the information including at least one parameter associated with the communications between the employees, wherein the at least one parameter includes a pre-designated code indicative of a purpose of an associated communication, the pre-designated code selected from a plurality of pre-designated codes, each of the plurality of pre-designated codes indicative of a different problem encountered by the employees; enabling, by the computing system, the internal service provider employees to enter information associated with the communications; enabling, by the computing system, the internal service provider employees to enter information indicating a current location of the internal service provider employees, wherein the current location of an internal service provider employee is determined based solely on the internal service provider employee selecting a location from a selectable list to indicate the internal service provider employee'"'"'s current location; generating, by the computing system, reports that include statistics associated with the pre-designated code indicative of the purpose for a communication; determining based on the statistics whether to make corrections to certain products or processes to improve overall efficiencies in the organization; enabling a user to select from a list of predefined reports that include number of calls by an associate, calls by source, calls by resolution, duplicate calls, calls by department, Arc orders, and project report; and receiving user-entered information from an internal service provider employee indicating a current location of the internal service provider employee, wherein the current location of the internal service provider employee is determined based solely on the internal service provider employee selecting a location from a selectable list to indicate the internal service provider employee'"'"'s current location, wherein the selectable list to indicate the internal service provider employee'"'"'s current location includes an indication of whether the internal service provider employee is on a break, working with a particular employee, gone for day, and located at the internal service provider employee'"'"'s desk. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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