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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2006
Thomas Sterns, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Thomas Sterns, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Language Line Services, Inc., Monterey, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system of routing incoming call is disclosed. An incoming call is received at a call center of a language interpretation provider. The incoming call is made by a customer requesting language interpretation service. The customer can be for example a business entity or an individual. A level of skill required by the customer is determined. The level of skill required represents a minimum skill set that an interpreter of the language interpretation provider should possess in order to provide the language interpretation service requested by the customer. The language interpretation service is provided during the incoming call. The incoming call can be queued at a first queue that distributes incoming calls to a call center interpreter. The call center interpreter is permanently connected to the call center of the language interpretation provider through a voice link. If a customer-defined event occurs, the incoming call is routed to a second queue that distributes incoming calls to a non-call center interpreter. The non-call center interpreter is not permanently connected to the call center of the language interpretation provider.