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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2002
Mark Sunday, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ken Wells, Foster City, CA (US);
Mitchell Kreaden, San Mateo, CA (US);
Anthony Deighton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dougal Brindley, Alameda, CA (US);
Mark Sunday, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ken Wells, Foster City, CA (US);
Mitchell Kreaden, San Mateo, CA (US);
Anthony Deighton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dougal Brindley, Alameda, CA (US);
Siebel Systems, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A facility for screening service requests for requesting assistance is described. The facility receives from a user a service request that requests assistance with solving a problem associated with a system accessible to the user and includes information related to the system. The facility searches a collection of system status information for at least one entry that corresponds with the received information related to the system. Where a corresponding entry is found, the facility provides to the user an indication of the correspondence and an opportunity to cancel the service request.