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Customer relationship management (CRM) audio on hold

US9294619B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 23, 2013
Grant dateMar 22, 2016
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Expiry dateOct 23, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2203/306
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for CRM audio on hold. In an embodiment of the invention, a CRM audio on hold method includes identifying a caller associated with the telephone call received in a call processing gateway, selecting a record in a CRM application pertinent to the caller and inserting the selected record into a variable field of a template. The method also includes text-to-speech (TTS) processing the template into audio and returning the audio to the call processing gateway for playback to the caller while the caller is on hold.

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