Using media server control markup language messages to dynamically interact with a web real-time communication customer care

• US 8,989,369 B1
• Filed: 02/18/2014
• Issued: 03/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Asghari, Abdolreza, Bonn, Mark J., Kirby, James D., Mangiardi, Dominick, Khan, Ehtesham
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Khai N
• Application Number:
  US14/183,517
• Time in Patent Office: 399 Days
• Field of Search: 379/265.01, 379/265.02, 379/265.03, 379/265.04, 379/265.05, 379/265.06, 379/265.07, 379/265.08, 379/265.09, 379/265.1, 379/265.11, 379/265.12, 379/265.13, 379/265.14, 379/266.01, 379/266.02, 379/266.03, 379/266.04, 379/266.05, 379/266.06, 379/266.07, 379/266.08, 379/266.09, 379/266.1
• US Class Current: 379/265.09
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5133 Operator terminal details
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5191 interacting with the Internet

Abstract

A customer care system. The system comprises a transformation engine, configured to use SIP/hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) signaling transcoding to invite the operator to the customer care session, map a SIP INFO MSCML payload to an interactive HTML web form, and transmit, to the operator, the HTML web forms transformed from SIP INFO MSCML payloads sent by the application server. The transformation engine is further configured to transmit, to the application server, SIP INFO MSCML payloads transformed from the HTML web forms sent by the operator, and use instructions from the SIP INFO MSCML payloads to script the operator'"'"'s communication with the caller.

Claims

1. A customer care system, comprising:

a computer comprising;

a non-transitory memory,

at least one processor, and

a web real-time communication (WebRTC) capable browser as an interface portal for a customer care operator, that upon execution by the at least one processor is configured to;

identify the customer care operator as a registered operator,

initiate a customer care session between a caller and the registered operator,

display interactive hypertext markup language (HTML) web forms to the registered operator,

transmit inputs from the registered operator to an application server,

define the interface portal with instructions contained in session initiation protocol (SIP) INFO media server control markup language (MSCML) payloads, wherein a SIP INFO MSCML payload is an MSCML payload encapsulated in a SIP INFO message, and

script the registered operator'"'"'s communication with the caller; and

a WebRTC server comprising;

a non-transitory memory,

at least one processor, and

a transformation engine, that upon execution by the at least one processor is configured to;

use SIP/hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) signaling transcoding to invite the registered operator to the customer care session,

map a SIP INFO MSCML payload to an interactive HTML web form,

transmit, to the registered operator, the HTML web forms transformed from SIP INFO MSCML payloads sent by the application server,

transmit, to the application server, SIP INFO MSCML payloads transformed from the HTML web forms sent by the registered operator, and

use instructions from the SIP INFO MSCML payloads to script the registered operator'"'"'s communication with the caller.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the WebRTC browser has interactive buttons and displays visual ring to the registered operator in case of an incoming call.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the SIP INFO MSCML payload comprises instructions for the registered operator to collect a personal identification number (PIN) and a destination number from the caller.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the obtained PIN is transmitted to the application server for identity validation of the caller.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the validation result by the application server is transmitted to the registered operator.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the caller is verified to be whether a first responder from the government or not.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein when the identity of the caller is validated, the application server sends a separate HTML page on a SIP INFO MSCML payload that instructs the operator to inform the caller of being directed to the destination number.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the caller chooses to speak to the customer care operator or is directed to the customer care operator by the application server after three PIN failures.

9. A method of managing a customer care system, comprising:

using, by a web real-time communication (WebRTC) server executing at least one processor, session initiation protocol (SIP)/hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) signaling transcoding to invite a customer care operator to a customer care session with a caller;

identifying the customer care operator as a registered operator through a WebRTC browser stored in a non-transitory memory and executed by at least one processor of a computer, wherein the WebRTC browser includes an interface portal for the customer care operator;

displaying, by the computer executing the WebRTC browser, the caller'"'"'s disposition;

displaying, by the computer executing the WebRTC browser, prior knowledge from a telephony application server (TAS) about the current customer care session;

displaying, by the computer executing the WebRTC browser, interactive hypertext markup language (HTML) web forms to the registered operator;

transcoding, by the WebRTC server, SIP INFO media server control markup language (MSCML) payloads and HTML web forms by a transformation engine;

transmitting, by the computer executing the WebRTC browser to the registered operator, the HTML web forms transformed from SIP INFO MSCML payloads sent by an application server;

transmitting, to the application server, the SIP INFO MSCML payloads transformed from the HTML web forms sent by the registered operator;

defining, by the computer executing the WebRTC browser, the interface portal with instructions contained in the SIP INFO MSCML payloads;

using, by the computer executing the WebRTC browser, instructions from the SIP INFO MSCML payloads to script the registered operator'"'"'s communication with the caller;

validating, by the application server, the caller'"'"'s identity; and

transferring, by the application server, the caller to a destination number when the caller'"'"'s identity is validated.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein a single transformation engine can work with more than one registered operator.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the customer care system is an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) system.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the transformation engine communicates with the application server in the same way that a media resource function (MRF) communicates with the application server.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein a SIP INFO MSCML payload is mapped to an HTML web form.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the customer care system with the registered operator is used for government first responders in emergencies.

15. A method of managing a customer care system, comprising:

using, by a web real-time communication (WebRTC) server executing a transformation engine by at least one processor, session initiation protocol (SIP)/hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) signaling transcoding to invite a customer care operator to a customer care session with a caller;

displaying, by a computer executing a WebRTC browser stored in a non-transitory memory, interactive hypertext markup language (HTML) web forms to the customer care operator;

mapping, by the transformation of the WebRTC server, a SIP INFO media server control markup language (MSCML) payload to an interactive HTML web form by the transformation engine;

transmitting, by the computer executing the WebRTC browser to the customer care operator, the HTML web forms transformed from SIP INFO MSCML payloads sent by an application server;

transmitting, to the application server, the SIP INFO MSCML payloads transformed from the HTML web forms sent by the customer care operator;

validating, by the application server, the caller'"'"'s identity; and

transferring, by the application server, the caller to a destination number when the caller'"'"'s identity is validated.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the customer care system with the customer care operator is used for government first responders in emergencies and wherein the call from a first responder is queued with priority.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the customer care operator collects a personal identification number (PIN) from the caller during an audio session.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the collected PIN is input to an HTML web form and transmitted to the application server via the transformation engine.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the caller calls from a mobile communication device and wherein the mobile communication device is one of a laptop computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, or a personal digital assistant (PDA).

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the mobile communication device is provided with radio communications by a radio frequency transceiver within the mobile communication device based on at least one of code division multiple access (CDMA), global system for mobile communication (GSM), long term evolution (LTE), or worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) wireless communication protocols.