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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2009
Applicants:

Shantanu Sarkar, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael P. Lepore, Marlborough, MA (US);

Inventors:

Shantanu Sarkar, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael P. Lepore, Marlborough, MA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/51 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/5166 (2013.01); H04M 2203/2038 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining context information associated with a call into a call center. The context information includes at least one input provided by a caller during the call. The method also includes determining when the caller requests an interaction with an agent associated with the call center, and providing the context information to the agent when the caller requests the interaction with the agent. A communications session is maintained between the caller and the agent when the caller requests the interaction with the agent.


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