Patents by Inventor Dianna Spence

Dianna Spence 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).

  • Publication number: 20070201679
    Abstract: Improving the deployment of human resources in a work environment and particularly in a contact center environment. Agents working in a contact center are given different assignments based on their skills and proficiencies. Conventional contact centers typically use a static skills resume to evaluate their agents for particular roles. The present invention enables call centers to design customized assessment tools for evaluating their agents. By tailoring the attributes considered important for a particular role, a call center can more accurately, more efficiently, and more easily assess which agents are best-suited for a particular role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Rick Baggenstoss, Kathleen Lendvay, Dianna Spence
  • Publication number: 20060233346
    Abstract: A member of a workforce of a contact center, such as an agent of a call center, can receive performance interventions, such as training, information, tips, or other items intended to enhance workplace performance. The performance interventions can be organized, sequenced, ranked, or prioritized in a lineup, an ordered list, or a queue, that specifies the sequence that the workforce member should receive the performance interventions. The agent might select a training course at the top of the list, for example. Two criteria, parameters, or values can characterize some aspect of each performance intervention. One criterion might characterize time sensitivity, while the other criterion might characterize importance, for example. Processing the two parameters can determine the sequence of performance intervention delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: Knowlagent, Inc.
    Inventors: John McIlwaine, Scott Richter, Kirt Pulaski, Susan Harman, Dianna Spence, Solomon Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20060072739
    Abstract: Improving the deployment of human resources in a work environment and particularly in a contact center environment. Agents working in a contact center are given different assignments based on their skills and proficiencies. Conventional contact centers typically use a static skills resume to evaluate their agents for particular roles. The present invention enables call centers to design customized assessment tools for evaluating their agents. By tailoring the attributes considered important for a particular role, a call center can more accurately, more efficiently, and more easily assess which agents are best-suited for a particular role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Knowlagent Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Baggenstoss, Kathleen Lendvay, Dianna Spence