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Electronic system and method for providing customer service

US12335224B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 2024
Grant dateJun 17, 2025
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2044

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L51/226
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for providing customer service includes electronically receiving an inquiry from a user via a messaging engine; analyzing the inquiry to determine an inquiry parameter selected from the group consisting of a complexity of the inquiry, a number of outstanding inquiries, and an urgency of the inquiry; adjusting a reward amount based on the inquiry parameter, wherein the reward amount increases as the complexity, number of outstanding inquiries, or urgency increases; offering the adjusted reward amount to a pool of agents; and assigning the inquiry to a message queue of an agent from the pool of agents that accepts the offered adjusted reward amount.

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