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Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 10, 2009
Applicants:

Paul D'arcy, Limerick, IE;

Seamus Hayes, Longford, IE;

Inventors:

Paul D'Arcy, Limerick, IE;

Seamus Hayes, Longford, IE;

Assignee:

Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/00 (2019.01); H04M 3/51 (2006.01); H04M 3/523 (2006.01); G06F 16/903 (2019.01); G06F 16/9035 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/5166 (2013.01); G06F 16/9035 (2019.01); G06F 16/90335 (2019.01); H04M 3/5233 (2013.01); H04M 3/5191 (2013.01); H04M 2203/2011 (2013.01);
Abstract

A contact center interface is provided by co-operation between a search engine and a contact center. A search query entered by a user into the search engine is passed to the contact center and the contact center determines from the search terms an appropriate skillset to deal with that user query, returning to the search engine a link enabling the user to initiate a direct communications session to a live agent or queue having that skillset expertise, thereby bypassing interactive voice response sessions which are normally required to ascertain the nature of a query. By providing multiple search options to the user, the user is empowered to select the best skillset, and the accuracy of future searches can be improved.


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