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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Andrew J. Watson, Montreal, CA;
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of handling customer contacts at a customer care system that streamline the handling of such customer contacts based on information about previous contacts received from the same customers. The system includes a repeat contact engine, which is connectable to at least one data/communications network. The repeat contact engine includes a controller, at least one database communicably connected to the controller, and a data extractor communicably connected between the data/communications network and the database. The controller includes a server, a rule processor communicably connected to the server, and a policy engine associated with the rule processor. Based on information about at least one previous contact, the system can derive a rule that, in response to its application, would cause a predetermined response, representative of the predicted purpose of an incoming contact, to be provided over a corresponding channel through the data/communications network.