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US5625682A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 5, 1995
Grant dateApr 29, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 5, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/533
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of informing an agent of a follow-up call to the agent from a telephone subscriber comprised of on receiving the follow-up call from the telephone subscriber, detecting that the agent is busy, storing a callback number of the telephone subscriber, storing at least part of a message provided by the telephone subscriber in association with the callback number, determining the identity of a specific agent to which the call is to be directed, and routing the message and the callback number to the specific agent when the specific agent becomes free.

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