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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Applicant:
West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);
Inventors:
James K. Boutcher, Omaha, NE (US);
Michael Joseph Parmeley, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/51 (2006.01); H04M 3/523 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/5235 (2013.01); H04M 3/5125 (2013.01); H04M 3/5133 (2013.01); H04M 2242/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a call center, a caller's geographical position may be mapped together with a geographical position of a call agent allocated to handle the call. A map may display tags depicting the respective positions of the caller and the call agent with a visual link indicating the call connection. The call agent may be selected dependent on the relative proximity to the caller.