Abstract: A method and system of providing an agent directed automatic call back to a customer in a call center is presented. A screen display is established on an agent's computer, the screen display requests call back information on the customer. The call back information includes a work key identifier and/or an application identifier. The agent manually inputs at least some of the call back information. The call back information is coupled via a call center network into a computer system associated with a telephone switching system. A call back time is scheduled and the computer system instructs the telephone switching system to automatically place the automatic call back at the call back time.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for operating an automatic contact distributor by an organization having a plurality of agents. The method includes the steps of detecting receipt of a plurality of contacts and a plurality of workflow projects, determining a contact type of each contact of the plurality of contacts and a workflow type of each workflow project of the plurality of workflow projects and assigning a contact of the plurality of contacts to a first agent of the plurality of agents and a workflow project of the plurality of workflow projects to a second agent of the plurality of agents where the assignment of the contact and of the workflow project to the first and second agent is based upon a set of enterprise rules of the organization.