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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
May. 01, 2002
Stanford E. Pennington, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);
Melissa L. Oldenburg, Palatine, IL (US);
Benjamin J. Schubert, Schertz, TX (US);
Kurt M. Joseph, Austin, TX (US);
Mary K. Griffitt, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Krisinda A. Guerrero, San Antonio, TX (US);
Stanford E. Pennington, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);
Melissa L. Oldenburg, Palatine, IL (US);
Benjamin J. Schubert, Schertz, TX (US);
Kurt M. Joseph, Austin, TX (US);
Mary K. Griffitt, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Krisinda A. Guerrero, San Antonio, TX (US);
SBC Services Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
SBC Technology Resources, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A disclosed method provides automated scripting to guide a customer service representative (CSR) in handling a call from a customer. Operations within the method may include displaying products and two or more purpose classifications for selection by the CSR. The purpose classifications may include (a) an add classification for customer requests to add a new product to an account and (b) a remove classification for customer requests to remove an existing product from the account. A page generator may receive input from the CSR selecting one of the purpose classifications and one of the products as pertinent to the call. In response, the page generator may automatically displaying a customized page with scripted text for the CSR to read to the customer. The scripted text may correspond specifically both to the selected purpose classification and to the selected product.