Patent · US Expired

Telephone relay system

US5926527A · kind A · utility

32Cited by
6References
13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 14, 1996
Grant dateJul 20, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 14, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/42391
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a telephone relay system for responding to instructions from a first party, or caller. The telephone relay system includes a back-end processor. The back-end processor includes a customer care agent interface, a first party interface, and a controller. The back-end processor allows a customer care agent to go on-hook with respect to the first party and to transfer the call to a controller that sends messages and receives instructions from the first party.

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