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Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2018
Applicant:

West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);

Inventors:

Kellan Stec, Omaha, NE (US);

Geetha Gopalakrishnan, Omaha, NE (US);

James K. Boutcher, Omaha, NE (US);

Assignee:

West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04M 5/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/523 (2006.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04M 3/51 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/5183 (2013.01); G06F 17/2705 (2013.01); G06F 17/2785 (2013.01); H04M 3/5166 (2013.01); H04M 3/5233 (2013.01);
Abstract

At least one inquiry message is received 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 queue or whether the inquiry message should be responded to with an automated response stored in a database. In the case of the automated message failing to address the user's inquiry or if the automated responses do not appear to be relevant based on the comparison of the message content to automated response content then transmitting the inquiry message to the live agent queue.


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