Patents by Inventor Robin Donald Taylor

Robin Donald Taylor 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: 8731177
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a contact center that includes a switching fabric 110, 130 operable to configure a communication session between a first customer and a first resource 138 for servicing of a first contact by the first resource and a contact tracking agent 232 operable, during the servicing of the first contact by the first resource, to (a) monitor the first contact center endpoint for at least one of (i) a change in contact state, (ii) the connection of the first resource and the first customer through a second (new) communication channel, and (iii) the addition of a party to and/or removal of a party from the communication session and (b), when the at least one of (i)-(iii) occurs, terminate a first contact part and create a second contact part. The first and second contact parts are associated with the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Sara Hildebrandt Kiefhaber, Robert W. Snyder, Robin Donald Taylor, David Zanoni
  • Patent number: 8045696
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for determining customer routing in a call center is presented. Information relating to a customer in a communication session with the call center is recorded. The information relating to the customer in a communication session with the call center is evaluated and a determination made whether to transfer the customer to a generalist. The customer is transferred to a generalist when a result of the determining is that the customer should be transferred to a generalist and the customer is not transferred to a generalist and when the result of the determining is that the customer should not be transferred to a generalist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Donald Taylor, Robert Wayne Snyder
  • Patent number: 7953859
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a contact center that includes a switching fabric 110, 130 operable to configure a communication session between a first customer and a first resource 138 for servicing of a first contact by the first resource and a contact tracking agent 232 operable, during the servicing of the first contact by the first resource, to (a) monitor the first contact center endpoint for at least one of (i) a change in contact state, (ii) the connection of the first resource and the first customer through a second (new) communication channel, and (iii) the addition of a party to and/or removal of a party from the communication session and (b), when the at least one of (i)-(iii) occurs, terminate a first contact part and create a second contact part. The first and second contact parts are associated with the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Hildebrandt Kiefhaber, Robert W. Snyder, Robin Donald Taylor, David Zanoni
  • Patent number: 7949122
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for determining wait treatment for a customer in a call center is presented. Information relating to a customer in a communication session with the call center is recorded. The information relating to a customer in a communication session with the call center is then evaluated. From the evaluation the type of wait treatment to use for the customer is determined and is provided to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Donald Taylor, Robert Wayne Snyder