Patents by Inventor Praphul Kumar

Praphul Kumar 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: 20180152560
    Abstract: A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller to a calling number. The call handling platform computes an experience score for the caller using measurements of a subset of data points based on an interaction of the caller with an interactive voice response (IVR) module during the call. The experience score reflects a numerical measure of a level of satisfaction of the caller in interacting with the IVR module. The call handling platform compares the experience score to a predetermined threshold that indicates a minimum level of caller satisfaction, and determines that the experience score indicates that the caller has a lower level of satisfaction than the minimum level of satisfaction. Conditioned on this determination, the call handling platform routes the call to a human agent at a call center, along with enabling the agent to perceive a representation of the experience score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Aaron Wellman, Ahmed Tewfik Bouzid
  • Publication number: 20180146093
    Abstract: A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller, collects data points based on the caller's interaction with an interactive voice response module, and computes an experience score for the caller using the data points. The call handling platform compares the experience score to a predetermined first threshold that indicates a first level of caller satisfaction. The call handling platform determines whether an option is enabled for recording screen captures of a display screen coupled to a machine used by a human agent. Upon determining that the caller has a lower level of satisfaction than the first level of satisfaction, the call handling platform routes the call to a human agent. Based on determining that the option for recording screen captures is enabled, the call handling platform initiates recording of screen captures of a display screen coupled to a machine used by the human agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Rajesh Ramchander
  • Patent number: 9900438
    Abstract: A system and method for providing an interactive media response menu in an interactive media response (IMR) system is described. The system provides an end user with an IMR menu. The end user has the option to pin particular menu options throughout the IMR menu. During subsequent interactions with the IMR system, the end user can access a menu of his or her pinned menu options. The end user can select one of the pinned menu options and the IMR system will present that menu option to the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Todd Hollenberg, Aaron Wellman, Praphul Kumar
  • Patent number: 9866692
    Abstract: A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller to a calling number. The call handling platform computes an experience score for the caller using measurements of a subset of data points based on an interaction of the caller with an interactive voice response (IVR) module during the call. The experience score reflects a numerical measure of a level of satisfaction of the caller in interacting with the IVR module. The call handling platform compares the experience score to a predetermined threshold that indicates a minimum level of caller satisfaction, and determines that the experience score indicates that the caller has a lower level of satisfaction than the minimum level of satisfaction. Conditioned on this determination, the call handling platform routes the call to a human agent at a call center, along with enabling the agent to perceive a representation of the experience score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Aaron Wellman, Ahmed Tewfik Bouzid
  • Patent number: 9860379
    Abstract: A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller, collects data points based on the caller's interaction with an interactive voice response module, and computes an experience score for the caller using the data points. The call handling platform compares the experience score to a predetermined first threshold that indicates a first level of caller satisfaction. The call handling platform determines whether an option is enabled for recording screen captures of a display screen coupled to a machine used by a human agent. Upon determining that the caller has a lower level of satisfaction than the first level of satisfaction, the call handling platform routes the call to a human agent. Based on determining that the option for recording screen captures is enabled, the call handling platform initiates recording of screen captures of a display screen coupled to a machine used by the human agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Rajesh Ramchander
  • Publication number: 20170344754
    Abstract: Systems and methods are shown for managing call center data in accordance with one or more sets of compliance rules involving receiving data pertaining to an interaction, determining a set of compliance rules relevant to the received data, tagging the received data to identify the relevant set of compliance rules, and utilizing the data tagging, applying the relevant set of compliance rules to handling the received data. Examples also involve receiving an interaction request, obtaining the data tagging for data corresponding to the received interaction request, using the data tagging for the data corresponding to the received interaction request to obtain the corresponding relevant set of compliance rules, using the corresponding set of compliance rules to identify agents eligible to access the data corresponding to the received interaction request, and routing the received interaction request to one of the eligible agents based on a defined routing strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Rajesh Ramchander, Herbert Willi Artur Ristock, Romiben Patel
  • Publication number: 20170317965
    Abstract: A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller to a calling number. The platform examines parameters of the call, determines identifying information of the caller and matches the identifying information with a social network username corresponding to a social media network. The platform obtains the caller's social network data from the social media network. Using the social network data, the platform computes a social network influence score for the caller. The platform compares the social network influence score to a predetermined influence score threshold value and determines that the social network influence score for the caller indicates that the activity of the caller in the social media network has a high level of impact. The platform accordingly selects a first human agent at a call center and routes the call to the first human agent at the call center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Pawel Harasimiuk, Aaron Wellman, Lindsay Frazier, Praphul Kumar
  • Patent number: 9742913
    Abstract: A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller. The call handling platform collects data points based on an interaction of the caller with an interactive voice response module during the call, and computes an experience score for the caller. The call handling platform accesses a predetermined first threshold that indicates a first level of caller satisfaction and compares the experience score to the first threshold. Based on the comparing, the call handling platform determines that the caller has a lower level of satisfaction than the first level of satisfaction, and routes the call to a human agent. The call handling platform determines whether an option for recording a call is enabled. Based on determining that the option for recording a call is enabled, the call handling platform initiates recording of the interaction between the caller and the human agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Aaron Wellman
  • Patent number: 9712481
    Abstract: A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller to a calling number. The platform examines parameters of the call, determines identifying information of the caller and matches the identifying information with a social network username corresponding to a social media network. The platform obtains the caller's social network data from the social media network. Using the social network data, the platform computes a social network influence score for the caller. The platform compares the social network influence score to a predetermined influence score threshold value and determines that the social network influence score for the caller indicates that the activity of the caller in the social media network has a high level of impact. The platform accordingly selects a first human agent at a call center and routes the call to the first human agent at the call center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Pawel Harasimiuk, Aaron Wellman, Lindsay Frazier, Praphul Kumar
  • Patent number: 9706050
    Abstract: A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller to a calling number and computes an experience score for the caller based on measuring a subset of data points corresponding to an interaction between the caller and an interactive voice response (IVR) module. The experience score provides a numerical measure of a level of satisfaction of the caller in interacting with the IVR module during the call. Determining to route the call to a human agent based on the experience score, the call handling platform accesses historical data corresponding to past calls placed by the caller and received by human agents, and obtains agent scores associated with the human agents. The call handling platform matches the caller to a human agent at a call center based on one or both of the historical data and the agent scores, and routes the call to the human agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Aaron Wellman, Ahmed Tewfik Bouzid
  • Publication number: 20170163807
    Abstract: A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller to a calling number. The call handling platform computes an experience score for the caller using measurements of a subset of data points based on an interaction of the caller with an interactive voice response (IVR) module during the call. The experience score reflects a numerical measure of a level of satisfaction of the caller in interacting with the IVR module. The call handling platform compares the experience score to a predetermined threshold that indicates a minimum level of caller satisfaction, and determines that the experience score indicates that the caller has a lower level of satisfaction than the minimum level of satisfaction. Conditioned on this determination, the call handling platform routes the call to a human agent at a call center, along with enabling the agent to perceive a representation of the experience score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Aaron Wellman, Ahmed Tewfik Bouzid
  • Publication number: 20170155766
    Abstract: Instructions are transmitted from a contact center builder system to a content provider system that, when executed, provide an interface for configuring a contact center for the content provider that includes a contact center telephone number, an agent pool, and an interaction site. Data associated with one or more contact center configuration parameters are received from the content provider. A contact center telephone number is assigned to the contact center based on the data. One or more agents are assigned to the agent pool of the contact center based on the data. The data includes a task to be handled by the communications system without using an agent of the agent pool is determined. In response to determining that the data includes the task to be handled by the communications system without using an agent of the agent pool, multiple interaction pages for the interaction site are generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Yochai Konig, Ahmed Tewfik Bouzid, Ashish Thakkar, Leon Vymenets
  • Publication number: 20170118338
    Abstract: A request to execute an interaction site for enabling communications to be exchanged between a multi-channel communications system and a user device is received by an interaction flow processor. The interaction site is identified based on the request. An interaction flow document is accessed for the identified interaction site, the interaction flow document including code for initiating the interaction site between a user device and the multi-channel communications system using any one of multiple different communications channels including an interactive voice response channel. A communications channel used by the user device to contact the multi-channel communications system is determined. Based on the determined communications channel, the code of the interaction flow document is translated to code executable by the multi-channel communications system to enable the multi-channel communications system and the user device to exchange communications over the determined communications channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Ahmed Tewfik Bouzid, Praphul Kumar, Michael T. Mateer, David James Rennyson
  • Publication number: 20170118340
    Abstract: A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller, collects data points based on the caller's interaction with an interactive voice response module, and computes an experience score for the caller using the data points. The call handling platform compares the experience score to a predetermined first threshold that indicates a first level of caller satisfaction. The call handling platform determines whether an option is enabled for recording screen captures of a display screen coupled to a machine used by a human agent. Upon determining that the caller has a lower level of satisfaction than the first level of satisfaction, the call handling platform routes the call to a human agent. Based on determining that the option for recording screen captures is enabled, the call handling platform initiates recording of screen captures of a display screen coupled to a machine used by the human agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Rajesh Ramchander
  • Publication number: 20170118337
    Abstract: A request is received from a communications device to execute an interaction site. A request is transmitted to the automated response system. First instructions that provide one or more steps of the multi-step communication flow between the communications device and the automated response system are received from the automated response system. In response to determining that the request is for the voice-interaction with the interaction site, second instructions that provide the one or more steps through a voice interaction with a user of the communications device are determined and transmitted to the communications device. In response to determining that the request is for the visual-interaction with the interaction site, third instructions that provide the one or more steps through a visual interaction with the user of the communications device are determined and transmitted to the communications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Scott Kolman, Andrea Friio, Yochai Konig
  • Patent number: 9571636
    Abstract: Instructions are transmitted from a contact center builder system to a content provider system that, when executed, provide an interface for configuring a contact center for the content provider that includes a contact center telephone number, an agent pool, and an interaction site. Data associated with one or more contact center configuration parameters are received from the content provider. A contact center telephone number is assigned to the contact center based on the data. One or more agents are assigned to the agent pool of the contact center based on the data. The data includes a task to be handled by the communications system without using an agent of the agent pool is determined. In response to determining that the data includes the task to be handled by the communications system without using an agent of the agent pool, multiple interaction pages for the interaction site are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Yochai Konig, Ahmed Tewfik Bouzid, Ashish Thakkar, Leon Vymenets
  • Patent number: 9571646
    Abstract: A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller to a calling number. The call handling platform computes an experience score for the caller using measurements of a subset of data points based on an interaction of the caller with an interactive voice response (IVR) module during the call. The experience score reflects a numerical measure of a level of satisfaction of the caller in interacting with the IVR module. The call handling platform compares the experience score to a predetermined threshold that indicates a minimum level of caller satisfaction, and determines that the experience score indicates that the caller has a lower level of satisfaction than the minimum level of satisfaction. Conditioned on this determination, the call handling platform routes the call to a human agent at a call center, along with enabling the agent to perceive a representation of the experience score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Aaron Wellman, Ahmed Tewfik Bouzid
  • Publication number: 20160349960
    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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Praphul Kumar, Ashish Thakkar, Leonid Vymenets, Herbert Ristock
  • Publication number: 20160350699
    Abstract: A system includes a contact center to provide an interaction between a customer and agent. A forms manager of the contact center generates a question for an evaluation form. A workforce management server connects with the forms manager, the workforce management server to schedule a work time for the agent. The workforce management server to schedule the forms manager to generate the evaluation form when the agent is working.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Leon Vymenets, Cayley MacArthur, Yochai Konig, Wayne Lo, Praphul Kumar, Herbert Ristock
  • Patent number: D802613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Leonid Vymenets, Praphul Kumar, Ashish Thakkar, Briam Rodriguez