Method and apparatus for operating a computer-telephony system
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1. A method of operating a computer-telephony system, the method comprising:
- providing computer-telephony support, comprising at least receiving a telephone call from a customer of a first call center at a computer-telephony system located in a telephone network facility remotely from a plurality of call centers and making information about the call available to software applications, using a computer-telephony integration interface, to the first call center with the computer-telephony system, wherein each of the plurality of call centers maintains customer relationship management (CRM) data;
uploading heterogeneous CRM data from the plurality of call centers into a computer-telephony database component of the computer-telephony system resident in the telephone network, wherein said uploading includes transforming the heterogeneous CRM data from an original format maintained by the respective call center into a standardized format for the computer-telephony database; and
handling with the computer-telephony system the telephone call for the first call center by using the transformed CRM data for the first call center in the computer-telephony database, wherein handling the telephone call comprises at least routing the telephone call to an agent of the first call center.
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One embodiment of the invention provides a method of operating a computer-telephony system. The method comprises providing computer-telephony support for a plurality of customers. Each customer maintains customer relationship management (CRM) data. The CRM data is uploaded from the plurality of customers into a computer-telephony database. The uploading includes transforming the CRM data from an original format maintained by the respective customer into a standardized format for the computer-telephony database. Telephone calls can then be handled using the transformed CRM data in the computer-telephony database.
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1. A method of operating a computer-telephony system, the method comprising:
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providing computer-telephony support, comprising at least receiving a telephone call from a customer of a first call center at a computer-telephony system located in a telephone network facility remotely from a plurality of call centers and making information about the call available to software applications, using a computer-telephony integration interface, to the first call center with the computer-telephony system, wherein each of the plurality of call centers maintains customer relationship management (CRM) data; uploading heterogeneous CRM data from the plurality of call centers into a computer-telephony database component of the computer-telephony system resident in the telephone network, wherein said uploading includes transforming the heterogeneous CRM data from an original format maintained by the respective call center into a standardized format for the computer-telephony database; and handling with the computer-telephony system the telephone call for the first call center by using the transformed CRM data for the first call center in the computer-telephony database, wherein handling the telephone call comprises at least routing the telephone call to an agent of the first call center. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-telephony system for providing computer-telephony support for a plurality of call centers, wherein each call center maintains customer relationship management (CRM) data, the system comprising:
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a computer-telephone system located in a telephone network remotely from the plurality of call centers and adapted to receive a telephone call for a first call center and to make information about the telephone call available to software applications of the first call center using a computer-telephony integration interface; a computer-telephony database resident in the telephone network and adapted for storing heterogeneous CRM data from the plurality of call centers in a standardized format; and an interface software module executing on a network-attached computing device and adapted for uploading heterogeneous CRM data from the plurality of call centers into the computer-telephony database; wherein said uploading includes transforming the heterogeneous CRM data from an original format maintained by the first call center into said standardized format for the computer-telephony database; wherein the system is configured to handle the telephone call for the first call center by using the transformed CRM data for the first call center in the computer-telephony database, wherein handling the telephone call comprises routing the telephone call to an agent of the first call center. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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