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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2016
Virtual Hold Technology, Llc, Akron, OH (US);
Eric I. Camulli, Copley, OH (US);
Virtual Hold Technology, LLC, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a system and method are disclosed for initiating a call-back sequence using NFC technology. Embodiments include capturing an image using an NFC reader determining an identification of active queues, displaying an indication of the active queues on a display screen using a session queuing component, obtaining user selection of a queue as a selected queue using the session queuing component, sending a request to a communication system in a data format for an expected wait time associated with the selected queue, receiving the expected wait time from the communication system, and sending a confirmation to the communication system in a data format for a call-back.