H04M3/5237

Industry benchmark forecasting in workforce management
11632468 · 2023-04-18 · ·

A method for providing anonymized contact information to a workforce management system includes receiving contact information from a plurality of customer business units; assigning each of the plurality of customer business units one or more industry classification codes or product classification codes; anonymizing, by a processor, the contact information to the one or more industry classification codes or product classification codes; receiving, by a processor, a query from a workforce management system for anonymized contact information in one or more industry classification codes or product classification codes; and providing the anonymized contact information to the workforce management system for use in a workforce management predictive model.

Virtual assistant architecture for natural language understanding in a customer service system

A virtual assistant system for communicating with customers uses human intelligence to correct any errors in the system AI, while collecting data for machine learning and future improvements for more automation. The system may use a modular design, with separate components for carrying out different system functions and sub-functions, and with frameworks for selecting the component best able to respond to a given customer conversation.

Generative voice for automated bot handoff to customer service representative

A system and method for applying a generative voice associated with a particular customer service representative to an automated bot that initially interacts with a customer to provide a seamless handoff between the automated bot and the particular customer service representative is described. In one embodiment, when a call from a customer is received at the customer service call center, the customer is matched with a potential customer service representative that is likely to handle the customer's call. The customer will then initially interact with an automated bot that has applied a generative voice associated with the likely customer service representative. The customer can talk with the automated bot using the generative voice and, if needed, when the call is handed off from the automated bot to the customer service representative, the customer will not notice a change in voice or other discontinuity on the call.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORECASTING INBOUND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM
20230146271 · 2023-05-11 ·

Disclosed are systems and methods for forecasting inbound telecommunications, and more particularly, for analyzing real-time and historical call center data, and applying a forecasting model to said data in order to predict inbound call volume. Additionally, tools are disclosed for manipulating call center data and generating visual representations of metrics pertaining to forecasting call center data via a dashboard.

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BUILDING CONTACT CENTER AGENT DESKTOPS PROVIDING SIMULTANEOUS ACCESS TO MULTIPLE ACD SYSTEMS IN A SINGLE SESSION
20230143364 · 2023-05-11 · ·

A system for providing call center agent desktops is provided comprising a computer and an application executing on the computer. The system receives a request from a client device for a desktop image and accesses a stored desktop image for the client device. The system also enables links in the stored image to at least two ACD systems and provides access to the image to the client device. The client device is used by a call center agent responding to incoming calls via desktop ACD access provided by the activated links. The at least two ACD systems are provided by unrelated vendors. Access to the at least two ACD systems is provided by at least one adapter executing on the computer, the at least one adapter created from at least two application programming interfaces (API) furnished by providers of the at least two ACD systems.

System and method for redirecting inbound-voice-interactions to digital channels in a contact center
11647120 · 2023-05-09 · ·

A computerized-method for redirecting, inbound-voice-interactions to digital channels in a contact center, is provided herein. The computerized-method includes: (i) operating a digital-qualifier module to determine a digital-medium-transition-quotient, of an inbound-voice-interaction of a customer in an inbound-queue. The digital-medium-transition-quotient is an indication of a level of suitability of a digital-communication-channel to resolve a customer issue; (ii) operating an interaction-redirection module to determine a digital-communication-channel for redirection of the inbound-voice-interaction, based on customer-preference and the determined digital-medium-transition-quotient; and (iii) forwarding the inbound-voice-interaction and the determined digital-communication-channel to an Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) system to be carried-out by an agent via the determined digital-communication-channel when the determined digital-medium-transition-quotient is above a preconfigured threshold.

Unified support framework for a contact center
11683419 · 2023-06-20 · ·

A system and method provide an integrated automation solution that links multiple systems and applications of a contact center operation and provides a unified support interface and unified knowledge base that delivers relevant data in real-time to assist contact center personnel during a customer interaction. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is used for automating workflows and processes with robots (e.g., attended and/or unattended) that perform various tasks and activities for capturing information (data, documents, etc.) from multiple front-end and/or back-end systems and applications to provide the necessary data and information in real-time during a contact center session.

Incoming request blending for customer service representatives
11683417 · 2023-06-20 · ·

Embodiments of the present disclosure include computer-implemented systems and methods for routing incoming customer requests or inquiries in a customer service center. The system may include at least one processor configured to execute instructions to perform steps. The steps may include receiving a plurality of incoming customer calls and a plurality of incoming customer chat sessions. The steps may include blending the received plurality of customer calls and the received plurality of customer chat sessions into a total queue for presentation to at least one user device. The steps may additionally include determining a respective priority for each of the blended plurality of customer calls and the blended plurality of customer chat sessions and sending, based on the determined priority, to the at least one user device at least one of the blended plurality of customer calls or the blended plurality of customer chat sessions.

PREDICTIVE SCREEN RECORDING
20230179712 · 2023-06-08 ·

A computerized-method for a personalized screen recording in a contact center is provided herein. The computerized-method includes, before each interaction between an agent and a customer, operating a predictive screen recording module to yield an Agent Recording Percentage (ARP) value; and based on the ARP value, operating a recording of screen events module for recording one or more voice or digital interactions, on one or more screens associated to a computing device of the agent.

Call transfer using session initiation protocol (SIP)

A system is provided for providing communication event routing and transfer capability in a multi-site communication-center environment. The system utilizes a presence protocol application and a routing application for determining availability of an agent or system and for setting up the transfer from a point of transfer on a network to a destination of transfer on the same or connected network. In a preferred use the presence protocol application is shared by communication-center sites cooperating in the transfer and routing of events and the presence protocol enables at least one event-handling process normally performed by the routing application.