System and method for resolving customer communications
First Claim
1. A method for resolving a customer interaction, the method comprising:
- at a centralized resolver executing one or more processors;
receiving customer data records of a plurality of different communication channel types passively transferred from a plurality of devices peripheral to the centralized resolver, wherein each customer data record includes a channel-specific identifier that is a partial sub-set of a customer'"'"'s complete data profile that is associated with a particular communication channel type but cannot be used by the peripheral devices to identify the customer associated with the customer data records, wherein each peripheral device processes customer data records associated with a different communication channel type in a cross-channel environment, and wherein the centralized resolver associates each of the plurality of different communication channel types with a different communication channel type attribute defining the communication channel type of the customer data record, wherein each communication channel type attribute is defined as a parameter or data item associated with the communication channel type only at the centralized resolver and not at the peripheral devices;
identifying a customer to be a person associated with the received customer data record by looking up the channel-specific identifier in a repository based on the communication channel type attribute corresponding to the communication channel type of the customer data record to provide a single universal identification associated with the customer data record of that communication channel type, wherein only the universal identification identifies the customer while the channel-specific identifier does not identify the customer until it is associated with the universal identification at the central resolver;
assigning to the customer data record said universal identification associated with the identified customer, wherein the same universal identification is assigned to customer data records of each of the different communication channel types that are associated with the same customer; and
once an identification is assigned to a customer data record in an ongoing interaction, retrieving customer data records from multiple previous interactions based on the single universal identification.
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Abstract
A device, system and method for resolving a customer interaction. At a centralized resolver, customer data may be received that is passively transferred from a plurality of devices, wherein each device processes a different type of customer interaction and provides a different associated type of customer data. At the centralized resolver, a customer associated may be identified or associated with each interaction based on the received customer data and the associated data type. The centralized resolver may assign the interaction a universal identification associated with the identified customer, wherein the same universal identification is assigned to interactions of multiple different types that are associated with the same customer.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for resolving a customer interaction, the method comprising:
at a centralized resolver executing one or more processors; receiving customer data records of a plurality of different communication channel types passively transferred from a plurality of devices peripheral to the centralized resolver, wherein each customer data record includes a channel-specific identifier that is a partial sub-set of a customer'"'"'s complete data profile that is associated with a particular communication channel type but cannot be used by the peripheral devices to identify the customer associated with the customer data records, wherein each peripheral device processes customer data records associated with a different communication channel type in a cross-channel environment, and wherein the centralized resolver associates each of the plurality of different communication channel types with a different communication channel type attribute defining the communication channel type of the customer data record, wherein each communication channel type attribute is defined as a parameter or data item associated with the communication channel type only at the centralized resolver and not at the peripheral devices; identifying a customer to be a person associated with the received customer data record by looking up the channel-specific identifier in a repository based on the communication channel type attribute corresponding to the communication channel type of the customer data record to provide a single universal identification associated with the customer data record of that communication channel type, wherein only the universal identification identifies the customer while the channel-specific identifier does not identify the customer until it is associated with the universal identification at the central resolver; assigning to the customer data record said universal identification associated with the identified customer, wherein the same universal identification is assigned to customer data records of each of the different communication channel types that are associated with the same customer; and once an identification is assigned to a customer data record in an ongoing interaction, retrieving customer data records from multiple previous interactions based on the single universal identification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for resolving a customer data record, the system comprising:
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one or more memories to store customer data records; and a centralized resolver configured to; receive customer data records of a plurality of different communication channel types passively transferred from a plurality of devices peripheral to the centralized resolver, wherein each customer data record includes a channel-specific identifier that is a partial sub-set of a customer'"'"'s complete data profile that is associated with a particular communication channel type but cannot be used by the peripheral devices to identify the customer associated with the customer data records, wherein each peripheral device processes customer data records associated with a different communication channel type in a cross-channel environment, and wherein the centralized resolver associates each of the plurality of different communication channel types with a different communication channel type attribute defining the communication channel type of the customer data record, wherein each communication channel type attribute is defined as a parameter or data item associated with the communication channel type only at the centralized resolver and not at the peripheral devices; identify a customer to be a person associated with the received customer data record by looking up the channel-specific identifier in a repository based on the communication channel type attribute corresponding to the communication channel type of the customer data record to provide a single universal identification associated with the customer data record of that communication channel type, wherein only the universal identification identifies the customer while the channel-specific identifier does not identify the customer until it is associated with the universal identification at the central resolver; assign to the customer data record said universal identification associated with the identified customer, wherein the same universal identification is assigned to customer data records of each of the different communication channel types that are associated with the same customer; and once an identification is assigned to a customer data record in an ongoing interaction, retrieve customer data records from said memory from multiple previous interactions based on the single universal identification. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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