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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Joseph Smyth, Galway, IE;
Neil O'connor, Galway, IE;
Inventors:
Joseph Smyth, Galway, IE;
Neil O'Connor, Galway, IE;
Assignee:
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04M 3/51 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04M 3/523 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/581 (2013.01); H04M 2203/2011 (2013.01); H04M 3/5191 (2013.01); H04M 3/5238 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04M 3/5141 (2013.01);
Abstract
Instant messaging contacts received at a contact center are directed to a conference with other such contacts before being allocated to an agent. In this way, customers of the contact center are entertained while waiting and have the ability to resolve one another's problems, thereby reducing the load on the contact center's agents. In another aspect, automated instant messaging scripts interact with the customer to elucidate the nature of the customer contact before directing the contact to a human agent.