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Unscheduled event task processing system

US6141412A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 19, 1996
Grant dateOct 31, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/5175
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A task processing system such as a telephony call center and telephony call center management system downloads and processes unscheduled events such as inbound and outbound call records, in real time. A real time event server such as a real time call record server receives unscheduled events such as call records from an external record source, and places them in a real time call record table. The outbound campaign manager requests call records, and processes the real time call records in the same manner as other call records. A method for processing such real time events includes scheduling an ordered list of tasks, and commencing processing. When an unexpected event occurs, a predetermined task is selected in response to the event. The predetermined task is then integrated into the ordered list of scheduled tasks and processed.

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