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Monitoring service personnel

US7558382B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 30, 2005
Grant dateJul 7, 2009
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Expiry dateMar 9, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2207/203
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An approach for monitoring interaction between individuals engaged in a communication session is disclosed. The individuals are described herein as a customer service representative and a customer and the communication session is accomplished over a communication network. Audio data embodying the communication session is copied and stored to a media file in conjunction with video data captured by a video capture device monitoring the customer service representative. The media file is a data structure in which the audio data and the video data are stored in segmented fashion. Each segment of audio data is associated with a segment of video data based on a common time reference, thereby providing synchronized documentation of the communication session. The media file is stored on a database and available to a supervisor using a server computer to monitor the communication session for quality assurance or other evaluation purposes.

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