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Customer definable integrated voice/data call transfer technique

  • US 5,008,930 A
  • Filed: 10/24/1989
  • Issued: 04/16/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of transferring an integrated voice/data call signal including call-related data received from a communications system between a first and a second agent terminal, where each agent terminal is associated with at least one host application database computer system for storing information associated with each service or campaign that the first and second agent terminals is to handle, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) at the first agent terminal (i) directing the voice call from the communications system to an associated voice communication device, and (ii) displaying the call-related information received from the communications system in a first window of an associated multi-window visual display device, and (iii) accessing the at least one host application database computer system for retrieving and displaying predetermined host application database computer system information at the visual display device;

    (b) transferring the voice call and associated predetermined data from the first agent terminal to the second agent terminal by transferring (1) the voice portion of the call to a voice communication device of the second agent terminal, and transmitting (2) predetermined data relating to a portion of the data currently displayed at the first agent terminal directly to the second agent terminal; and

    (c) at the second agent terminal, (1) receiving the voice call and predetermined data from the first agent terminal, and transmitting a certain portion of the received predetermined data to the associated at least one host application database computer system for retrieving and displaying the data associated with the call at a visual display device of the second agent terminal.

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