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Virtual interactions in contact center operations

US9596350B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 21, 2016
Grant dateMar 14, 2017
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2203/403
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contact center has channels for receiving communications requesting interaction with an agent, agent stations providing connection ability to received communications, and a Virtual Interaction (VI) Server connected to the LAN and executing VI software on a processor from a non-transitory medium. The VI Server creates and stores a Virtual Interaction object based on determination of an expected receipt of a future communication, the VI associating a source, an intent, a set of data regarding the source, and an agent station destination, and the created VI is stored and matched with a real incoming communication from the source associated in the VI, and the VI is then instantiated as a live interaction by connecting the source of the incoming call with the agent destination associated in the VI.

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