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Patent No.:

US 10148815 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Arnon Amir, San Jose, CA (US);

Nimrod Megiddo, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/428 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/4286 (2013.01); H04M 3/2272 (2013.01); H04M 7/0012 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product of managing telephone interactions of a user and an agent. In an embodiment, the present invention includes determining when a user telecommunications device is no longer in an on-hold state based on electronic signals transmitted from an agent telecommunications device, in response to the determining, receiving speech of an agent from the agent telecommunications device, in response to the receiving, transmitting an alert message to the user telecommunications device, in response to the receiving, monitoring for at least one indication that the user is about to speak with the agent, in response to the monitoring not resulting in the at least one indication, transmitting at least one utterance corresponding to the user to the agent telecommunications device, and in response to the monitoring resulting in the at least one indication, conducting a smooth transition to the user.


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