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Method and apparatus for automatic telephone scheduling system

US5297195A · kind A · utility

51Cited by
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16Claims
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Filing dateOct 2, 1991
Grant dateMar 22, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 2, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S379/904
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An automatic telephone scheduling system (20) includes a data server (22), a dial server (24), and a plurality of agent workstations (28) which communicate with each other through messages transmitted over a local area network (30). The data server (22) has stored in its memory a plurality of account information records to be utilized for one or more calling campaigns. The dial server (24) includes an independent intelligent processor (80) which functions as a master to the data server (22) but as a slave to the agent workstations (28). The dial server (24) further includes a plurality of audio MUXes (88) and dialers (90) for automatically dialing and connecting calls to the agent workstations (28). In various embodiments, a plurality of data servers and/or a plurality of dial servers are employed.

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