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Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013

Filed:

Aug. 14, 2008
Applicants:

Donald L. Kaufman, Kirland, WA (US);

Adrian Inglis, Seattle, WA (US);

Thomas J. Weiland, Seattle, WA (US);

John E. Darrow, Shoreline, WA (US);

A. Lorraine Nicholson, Edmonds, WA (US);

Jon R. Jay, Seattle, WA (US);

Jeffrey C. Pratt, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Donald L. Kaufman, Kirland, WA (US);

Adrian Inglis, Seattle, WA (US);

Thomas J. Weiland, Seattle, WA (US);

John E. Darrow, Shoreline, WA (US);

A. Lorraine Nicholson, Edmonds, WA (US);

Jon R. Jay, Seattle, WA (US);

Jeffrey C. Pratt, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

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

Aspects of systems and methods for maintaining and operating agent nodes are provided. In some embodiments, calls, contacts, and other work units may be routed to individual customer service agents via a centralized queue based on a variety of factors. Some embodiments may provide market-based call pricing and customer service agent compensation.


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