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Integrated interface for Web based customer care and trouble management

US6032184A · kind A · utility

176Cited by
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20Claims
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Filing dateSep 24, 1998
Grant dateFeb 29, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2215/82
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for opening and tracking trouble tickets over the public Internet. A customer service management system provides information included within a customer profile record to a Web enabled infrastructure which is accessible by a remote customer workstation having a Web browser and Internet access. The customer profile information is used to prepopulate data fields in dialogs used to open a trouble ticket. Once a trouble ticket is opened, the customer workstation tracks the existing trouble tickets through a browser based graphical user interface. The graphical user interface provides current and historical status reports of the actions taken to resolve a network event and the service organizations responsible for resolving the network event.

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