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Apparatus and method for analyzing routing of calls in an automated response system

US6879685B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 4, 2002
Grant dateApr 12, 2005
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2215/0188
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for analyzing the performance of an interactive voice response (IVR) system operates to record from end to end plural calls from callers. For a plurality of calls, the system codes and annotates an agent-caller interaction, including a topic discussed during the interaction; detects a routing operation of the IVR system by detecting a sequence of events in the IVR system, with reference to a call-flow file that summarizes the call-flow model of the IVR system, for each call; and cross-tabulates routing information obtained from the detected sequence of events with results from the coded and annotated agent-caller interactions.

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