Occasionally-connected computing interface
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- causing a customer service interface to display;
a list of customers requesting customer service communications; and
information about the customers;
a selectable feature that enables transmitting chat activation messages;
receiving a chat activation message indicating a request to activate a chat communication involving a selected customer on the list of customers, wherein the chat activation message is initiated using the selectable feature;
in response to receiving the chat activation message, facilitating chat communications between two computing devices, wherein one of the computing devices is associated with the selected customer;
receiving a chat transfer message, wherein the chat transfer message includes information identifying a mobile communications device;
in response to receiving the chat transfer message, causing a duplicate version of the list of customers and the information about the customers to be displayed on the mobile communications device; and
facilitating chat communications between the mobile communications device and the computing device associated with the selected customer;
receiving request information indicating that an additional customer requests customer service communications; and
in response to receiving the request information, causing information about the additional customer to be added to the duplicate version of the list of customers displayed on the mobile communications device.
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Abstract
Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for allowing a user to switch between interfacing with a service through a network or through short message service (SMS). A chat service is executed through which a first user at a first computer can communicate directly with a second user at a second computer. A request is received from the first computer to enable the first user to interface with the chat service through a mobile device of the first user using SMS instead of through the network using the first computer. The chat service is configured to interface with the mobile device through SMS, including communicating chat information through SMS to the first user'"'"'s mobile device, and communicating control information through SMS to the first user'"'"'s mobile device such that the first user can control a full functionality of the chat service using SMS.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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causing a customer service interface to display; a list of customers requesting customer service communications; and information about the customers; a selectable feature that enables transmitting chat activation messages; receiving a chat activation message indicating a request to activate a chat communication involving a selected customer on the list of customers, wherein the chat activation message is initiated using the selectable feature; in response to receiving the chat activation message, facilitating chat communications between two computing devices, wherein one of the computing devices is associated with the selected customer; receiving a chat transfer message, wherein the chat transfer message includes information identifying a mobile communications device; in response to receiving the chat transfer message, causing a duplicate version of the list of customers and the information about the customers to be displayed on the mobile communications device; and facilitating chat communications between the mobile communications device and the computing device associated with the selected customer; receiving request information indicating that an additional customer requests customer service communications; and in response to receiving the request information, causing information about the additional customer to be added to the duplicate version of the list of customers displayed on the mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
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a processor configured to perform operations including; causing a customer service interface to display; a list of customers requesting customer service communications; and information about the customers; a selectable feature that enables transmitting chat activation messages; receiving a chat activation message indicating a request to activate a chat communication involving a selected customer on the list of customers, wherein the chat activation message is initiated using the selectable feature; in response to receiving the chat activation message, facilitating chat communications between two computing devices, wherein one of the computing devices is associated with the selected customer; receiving a chat transfer message, wherein the chat transfer message includes information identifying a mobile communications device; in response to receiving the chat transfer message, causing a duplicate version of the list of customers and the information about the customers to be displayed on the mobile communications device; and facilitating chat communications between the mobile communications device and the computing device associated with the selected customer; receiving request information indicating that an additional customer requests customer service communications; and in response to receiving the request information, causing information about the additional customer to be added to the duplicate version of the list of customers displayed on the mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions operable to cause a processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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causing a customer service interface to display; a list of customers requesting customer service communications; and information about the customers; a selectable feature that enables transmitting chat activation messages; receiving a chat activation message indicating a request to activate a chat communication involving a selected customer on the list of customers, wherein the chat activation message is initiated using the selectable feature; in response to receiving the chat activation message, facilitating chat communications between two computing devices, wherein one of the computing devices is associated with the selected customer; receiving a chat transfer message, wherein the chat transfer message includes information identifying a mobile communications device; in response to receiving the chat transfer message, causing a duplicate version of the list of customers and the information about the customers to be displayed on the mobile communications device; and facilitating chat communications between the mobile communications device and the computing device associated with the selected customer; receiving request information indicating that an additional customer requests customer service communications; and in response to receiving the request information, causing information about the additional customer to be added to the duplicate version of the list of customers displayed on the mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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