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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
Qiaobing Xie, Chesterfield, MO (US);
S. James P. Spottiswoode, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Qiaobing Xie, Chesterfield, MO (US);
S. James P. Spottiswoode, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Satmap International Holdings Limited, Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for routing callers to agents in a call-center routing environment. An exemplary method includes identifying caller data for a caller in a queue of callers, and jumping or moving the caller to a different position within the queue based on the caller data. The caller data may include one or both of demographic data and psychographic data. The caller can be jumped forward or backward in the queue relative to at least one other caller. Jumping the caller may further be based on comparing the caller data with agent data via a pattern matching algorithm and/or computer model for predicting a caller-agent pair outcome. Additionally, if a caller is held beyond a hold threshold (e.g., a time, 'cost' function, or the like) the caller may be routed to the next available agent.