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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Applicant:
West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);
Inventors:
James K. Boutcher, Omaha, NE (US);
Geetha Gopalakrishnan, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/51 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04M 3/523 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/5166 (2013.01); H04L 51/02 (2013.01); H04M 3/5183 (2013.01); H04M 3/523 (2013.01);
Abstract
A message processing application may receive at least one inquiry message from a user device in the form or a text message, email or other communication message format. The message may be received and processed to identify the content of the inquiry message to determine whether the inquiry message should be transferred to a live agent or whether the inquiry message should be responded to with an automated response stored in a database.