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Visual knowledge publisher system

US7434162B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 2003
Grant dateOct 7, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/166
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A Visual Knowledge Publisher (VKP) system provides a graphical user interface environment that acts as a development platform for authoring predetermined dialog text for servicing various customer products and services and a Customer Interaction Platform for managing the interactions between the customer and the system. The VKP creates and outputs an XML document, using a Support Incident Markup Language (SIML). Each SIML document contains the procedural flows of the system's interactions with a human and the presentation elements of those interactions that are necessary to resolve the problem, often by a variety of methods. In this manner using a SIML document as input, voice and website dialogs may be defined a priori for various common problems. These dialogs allow a caller to interactively step through a procedure to resolve the problem using multiple channels (such as phone, web and PDA).

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