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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:
Apr. 25, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2013
Applicant:

West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);

Inventors:

Michael T. Mateer, Omaha, NE (US);

James K. Boutcher, Omaha, NE (US);

Jesse Andersen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04M 3/523 (2006.01); H04M 3/51 (2006.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/523 (2013.01); H04M 3/5191 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus, a method, and a computer program are disclosed. According to one example the apparatus may be configured to receive via the receiver a message from a mobile device to connect with an agent. The apparatus may also be configured to determine and select an available agent via the processor in order for the mobile device to communicate with the available agent, and transmit via the transmitter an agent availability message to the mobile device, wherein the agent availability message requires an acknowledgement from the mobile device prior to connecting the mobile device with the available agent.


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