Patents by Inventor Herbert Ristock

Herbert Ristock has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10708428
    Abstract: A system includes a router to route a call to agent stations, processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to identify the call as a callback, identify an available agent station at a same site as the router if the call is a callback, and establish the callback with the available agent station at the same site as the router where the callback is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Inventors: Vladimir Mezhibovsky, Nikolay Korolev, Vitaliy Teryoshin, Gregory Duclos, Herbert Ristock
  • Patent number: 10645226
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to receive a request for an interaction with an agent device. The processor determines a patience time threshold for the customer in response to the request for an interaction. The processor suggests to return to the interaction at a time based on the patience time threshold, and performs the return interaction by the agent device based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventors: Vladimir Mezhibovsky, Nikolay Korolev, Herbert Ristock
  • Patent number: 10277742
    Abstract: A method for providing inbound call reservations to a communication center has steps for monitoring service access points into the communication center by reservation software executing from a machine-readable medium, evaluating communicators and potential communicators, and issuing invitations for reserved communication sessions to qualified communicators and potential communicators, the reserved times coordinated according to data pertaining to predicted communication load and resource availability statistics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Inventors: Nikolay Anisimov, Sergey Fedorov, Herbert Ristock
  • Patent number: 10222933
    Abstract: A system for managing interactions includes: a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: identify first and second interactions by a user device, each of the first and second interactions being configured to alternately occupy a first area of a display screen of the user device; display an icon on the first area, the icon representing the second interaction, wherein attributes of the icon correspond to attributes of the second interaction; and modify the attributes of the icon based on a status of the second interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Ashish Thakkar, Leonid Vymenets, Herbert Ristock
  • Patent number: 10110747
    Abstract: A system and method for setting agent cross skill enablement levels in a contact center. In one embodiment, a series of simulations is performed to determine optimum cross skill enablement levels for various circumstances, e.g., the number of agents, the proficiency of each agent at each of a number of skills, and the rates of incoming interaction requests requiring each of various skills. A lookup table is created which is subsequently used, during configuration of the contact center prior to operation, or in real time during operation, to adjust agent cross skill enablement levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Vidas Placiakis, Herbert Ristock, Nikolay Korolev, Merijn te Booij, Vitaliy Teryoshin
  • Patent number: 10104178
    Abstract: A system including: a processor; and memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive a request received over a network link, the network link being established between the system and a wearable computing device, the request comprising data corresponding to an event detected by the wearable computing device; and route the request to a resource in accordance with the data of the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventors: Rajiv S. Kumar, Herbert Ristock
  • Patent number: 10101974
    Abstract: An application development platform transmits to a content provider system instructions that provide a user interface for developing an application that specifies a first multi-step communication flow between a communications device and a communications system. The platform receives from parameters of a program functionality for inclusion in the application, and selects one or more recommended program modules based on the parameters. The platform transmits instructions that provide a user interface for displaying the one or more recommended program modules. The platform receives data indicating a user selection of a particular program module. In response, the platform transmits instructions that provide a user interface for enabling user configuration of the particular program module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventors: Herbert Ristock, Petr Makagon, Josh Mahowald, Praphul Kumar
  • Publication number: 20180278749
    Abstract: A system includes a router to route a call to agent stations, processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to identify the call as a callback, identify an available agent station at a same site as the router if the call is a callback, and establish the callback with the available agent station at the same site as the router where the callback is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Vladimir Mezhibovsky, Nikolay Korolev, Vitaliy Teryoshin, Gregory Duclos, Herbert Ristock
  • Publication number: 20180159981
    Abstract: A method for providing inbound call reservations to a communication center has steps for monitoring service access points into the communication center by reservation software executing from a machine-readable medium, evaluating communicators and potential communicators, and issuing invitations for reserved communication sessions to qualified communicators and potential communicators, the reserved times coordinated according to data pertaining to predicted communication load and resource availability statistics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Nikolay Anisimov, Sergey Fedorov, Herbert Ristock
  • Patent number: 9986096
    Abstract: A system includes a router to route a call to agent stations, processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to identify the call as a callback, identify an available agent station at a same site as the router if the call is a callback, and establish the callback with the available agent station at the same site as the router where the callback is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Vladimir Mezhibovsky, Nikolay Korolev, Vitaliy Teryoshin, Gregory Duclos, Herbert Ristock
  • Patent number: 9955012
    Abstract: A method for mapping ready agents to incoming transactions has steps for (a) placing incoming transactions in a first queue managed by software executing from a machine-readable medium on a computerized appliance; (b) issuing a determined number of invitations in a period of time to agents known to be available to consider an invitation to interact with an incoming transaction; (c) placing identification of ready agents, who have accepted an invitation to interact, in a second queue managed by the software; (d) mapping transactions from the first queue to agents from the second queue; (e) monitoring changes in state of both the first and the second queues in the time period; and (f) adjusting determined number of invitations in step (b) in a manner to drive a chosen system performance metric toward a desired target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Aleksandr Stolyar, Martin Ira Reiman, Nikolay Korolev, Vladimir Mezhibovsky, Herbert Ristock
  • Publication number: 20180054525
    Abstract: A system includes a router to route a call to agent stations, processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to identify the call as a callback, identify an available agent station at a same site as the router if the call is a callback, and establish the callback with the available agent station at the same site as the router where the callback is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Vladimir Mezhibovsky, Nikolay Korolev, Vitaliy Teryoshin, Gregory Duclos, Herbert Ristock
  • Publication number: 20170289355
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to receive a request for an interaction with an agent device. The processor determines a patience time threshold for the customer in response to the request for an interaction. The processor suggests to return to the interaction at a time based on the patience time threshold, and performs the return interaction by the agent device based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Vladimir Mezhibovsky, Nikolay Korolev, Herbert Ristock
  • Patent number: 9723145
    Abstract: A system and method include a contact center to provide an interaction between a customer and agent. An analytics server connects with the contact center to parse a text of the interaction and determine an intent and a topic of the interaction based on the parsed text. The analytics server determines an implicit survey score for the interaction based on comparing the intent and the topic of the interaction with an intent and a topic of an interaction that was correlated with an explicit survey score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Cliff Bell, Daniel Stoops, Steve O'Donoghue, Herbert Ristock
  • Publication number: 20170214798
    Abstract: A system and method for setting agent cross skill enablement levels in a contact center. In one embodiment, a series of simulations is performed to determine optimum cross skill enablement levels for various circumstances, e.g., the number of agents, the proficiency of each agent at each of a number of skills, and the rates of incoming interaction requests requiring each of various skills. A lookup table is created which is subsequently used, during configuration of the contact center prior to operation, or in real time during operation, to adjust agent cross skill enablement levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Vidas Placiakis, Herbert Ristock, Nikolay Korolev, Merijn te Booij, Vitaliy Teryoshin
  • Patent number: 9654634
    Abstract: A system is provided for routing transactions to individual ones of a group of agents, comprising, a queue wherein transactions to be routed are placed, a transmission facility sending invitations to interact with a transaction from the queue to agents, and a router routing transactions from the queue to individual agents who accept the invitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sergey Fedorov, Nikolay Anisimov, Herbert Ristock, Vladimir Mezhibovsky, Nikolay Korolev, Vadim Dymshyts
  • Patent number: 9609131
    Abstract: A system and method for setting agent cross skill enablement levels in a contact center. In one embodiment, a series of simulations is performed to determine optimum cross skill enablement levels for various circumstances, e.g., the number of agents, the proficiency of each agent at each of a number of skills, and the rates of incoming interaction requests requiring each of various skills. A lookup table is created which is subsequently used, during configuration of the contact center prior to operation, or in real time during operation, to adjust agent cross skill enablement levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Vidas Placiakis, Herbert Ristock, Nikolay Korolev, Merijn te Booij, Vitaliy Teryoshin
  • Publication number: 20170034353
    Abstract: A system includes a contact center to provide an interaction between a customer and an agent workstation of the contact center. A contact center network connects a call from a mobile device to an interactive voice response application. A mobile engagement platform collect authentication information from the mobile device to authenticate a customer using the mobile device. A short message service platform sends a link to connect the mobile device to a mobile application. The mobile engagement server authenticates the customer of the mobile device for the mobile application based on the collected authentication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Cliff Bell, Daniel Stoops, Sergey Fedorov, Herbert Ristock, David Beilis, Adrian Lee-Kwen
  • Patent number: 9553988
    Abstract: A method for providing inbound call reservations to a communication center has steps for monitoring service access points into the communication center by reservation software executing from a machine-readable medium, evaluating communicators and potential communicators, and issuing invitations for reserved communication sessions to qualified communicators and potential communicators, the reserved times coordinated according to data pertaining to predicted communication load and resource availability statistics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nikolay Anisimov, Sergey Fedorov, Herbert Ristock
  • Patent number: 9538337
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling particular communication capabilities of an electronic device located within an electronic communication room (ECR) includes spreading a physical layer of a communication protocol across various (e.g. two) physical communication channels in a coordinated manner. Each physical communication channel is invoked to transmit a different portion of the control signals required for ECR admission. The electronic device is allowed particular communication capabilities if all ECR control signals from all involved physical communication channels are brought together at the device. If an expected control signal from one of the physical communication channels is missing, the particular communication capability fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Herbert Ristock