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Patent No.:

US 8447027 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2004
Applicants:

Xiaofan Lin, San Jose, CA (US);

Steven J. Simske, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Sherif Yacoub, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;

Roland John Burns, Sant Cugat des Valles, ES;

Inventors:

Xiaofan Lin, San Jose, CA (US);

Steven J. Simske, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Sherif Yacoub, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;

Roland John Burns, Sant Cugat des Valles, ES;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for language variation guided operator selection is disclosed. The method discloses: initiating a dialog between a contact and a call handling system; identifying a language variation spoken by the contact; determining a skill level with respect to the language variation for each operator within a set of operators; selecting an operator whose skill level in the language variation is above a predetermined value; and transferring the dialog with the contact to the operator. The system discloses means and embodiments for implementing the method.


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