Patents by Inventor Scott Michael Rhodes

Scott Michael Rhodes 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: 11784962
    Abstract: In accordance with the present approach, a collaborative chat system is provided that enables collaborative communication between a user preferring a native chat platform and a different user who communicates using a non-native or third-party chat platform. The user may particularly select various other users to be added to a collaborative chat, regardless of which chat platform the other users have set as their main or preferred communication channel. Indeed, when displaying the various users available to be added to the collaborative chat, the collaborative chat system may display a visual indication or icon that indicates which chat platform the various users are available through. The collaborative chat system or platform may utilize bi-directional communications between the native chat platform and any communicatively coupled third-party chat platforms to link the user with the selected other users within a collaborative chat instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Samantha Santo, Alisson Douglas Da Silveira Pacheco, Stephen Witmer, Scott Michael Rhodes, Evan Ross Lipton
  • Patent number: 11645591
    Abstract: An example system for dynamic agent management involving multiple queues is presented. The system may include a remote network management platform that manages a network by way of a computational instance. A first group and a second group of agents may be assigned to address work items in a first queue in the computational instance. The second group may also be assigned to address and prioritize work items in a second queue in the computational instance. A computing device within the computational instance may assign a work item originating from a client device in the managed network into the first queue according to routing rules. The assignment may cause a timer to record a duration that the work item is in the first queue. The computing device may assign one of the second group of agents to address the work item based on the duration exceeding a pre-determined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Chung-Wai Chan, Scott Michael Rhodes, Prithvi Yoganand
  • Patent number: 11625655
    Abstract: A computational instance may contain queues configured to hold work items. The work items may be representations of user submissions requesting actions from a plurality of agents. The computational instance may also contain computing devices configured to: (a) obtain a set of assignment rules that specify mappings between (i) respective selection criteria for the assignment rules, and (ii) one or more candidate agents from the plurality of agents that can be assigned to address the work items with content that match the respective selection criteria, (b) read, from the queues, a work item corresponding to a user submission, (c) iterate through the assignment rules according to an ordering until a particular assignment rule with associated selection criteria that matches content of the work item is found, and (d) assign the work item to a particular agent from the one or more candidate agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruoyu Wang, Scott Michael Rhodes, Tian Ye, Harish Kumar Balachandra Bellamane, Yong Liang, Prithvi Yoganand, Surabhi Seetharam
  • Publication number: 20230018601
    Abstract: An indication from a live agent in a communication session with a user to invoke a specified automated agent interactive conversation flow is received. The communication session with the user is transitioned from the live agent to the specified automated agent interactive conversation flow. During the specified automated agent interactive conversation flow, the live agent retains control over the communication session. An indication of an interaction of the user with the specified automated agent interactive conversation flow is provided. The communication session with the user is returned back to the live agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Vinay Mohan, Scott Michael Rhodes, Ravi Ambati, Daniel Li-Shuan Wu, Kristopfer P. Krueger, Gaurav Goyal
  • Publication number: 20220070133
    Abstract: In accordance with the present approach, a collaborative chat system is provided that enables collaborative communication between a user preferring a native chat platform and a different user who communicates using a non-native or third-party chat platform. The user may particularly select various other users to be added to a collaborative chat, regardless of which chat platform the other users have set as their main or preferred communication channel. Indeed, when displaying the various users available to be added to the collaborative chat, the collaborative chat system may display a visual indication or icon that indicates which chat platform the various users are available through. The collaborative chat system or platform may utilize bi-directional communications between the native chat platform and any communicatively coupled third-party chat platforms to link the user with the selected other users within a collaborative chat instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Samantha Santo, Alisson Douglas Da Silveira Pacheco, Stephen Witmer, Scott Michael Rhodes, Evan Ross Lipton
  • Patent number: 11258847
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve persistent storage containing definitions of a set of queues and a set of servers, and wherein the servers are respectively associated with deactivation times. One or more processors may be configured to: (i) identify, by an assignment engine, an incoming request in a particular queue, wherein the incoming request is ready for assignment to one of the servers; (ii) determine, by the assignment engine and based on data associated with the incoming request, an expected duration for servicing of the incoming request; (iii) calculate, by the assignment engine and based on the deactivation times, times remaining in service for each of the servers; (iv) select, by the assignment engine and from the servers, a particular server that has a time remaining that is greater than the expected duration; and (v) assign, by the assignment engine, the incoming request to the particular server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Michael Rhodes, Parul Upadhyaya, Harish Kumar Balachandra Bellamane, Arun Shivaramakrishna, Prithvi Yoganand, Surabhi Seetharam
  • Publication number: 20210142244
    Abstract: An example system for dynamic agent management involving multiple queues is presented. The system may include a remote network management platform that manages a network by way of a computational instance. A first group and a second group of agents may be assigned to address work items in a first queue in the computational instance. The second group may also be assigned to address and prioritize work items in a second queue in the computational instance. A computing device within the computational instance may assign a work item originating from a client device in the managed network into the first queue according to routing rules. The assignment may cause a timer to record a duration that the work item is in the first queue. The computing device may assign one of the second group of agents to address the work item based on the duration exceeding a pre-determined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Victor Chung-Wai Chan, Scott Michael Rhodes, Prithvi Yoganand
  • Patent number: 10997002
    Abstract: Utilizing quick actions includes receiving user input via a user input module of an agent workspace, wherein the user input comprises an action input comprising an action command, and in response to receiving the user input, determining a secondary menu for the action command, wherein the secondary menu comprises a plurality of selectable parameters for the action command, and presenting the secondary menu in association with the user input module. Utilizing quick actions also includes detecting a selection of a parameter from the selectable parameters, and triggering an action based on the action command and the selected parameter, wherein the action is associated with a process for the agent workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Michael Rhodes, Srikanth Mallikarjuna, Andrew Thomas Roberts, Daniel Li-Shuan Wu
  • Patent number: 10929790
    Abstract: An example system for dynamic agent management involving multiple queues is presented. The system may include a remote network management platform that manages a network by way of a computational instance. A first group and a second group of agents may be assigned to address work items in a first queue in the computational instance. The second group may also be assigned to address and prioritize work items in a second queue in the computational instance. A computing device within the computational instance may assign a work item originating from a client device in the managed network into the first queue according to routing rules. The assignment may cause a timer to record a duration that the work item is in the first queue. The computing device may assign one of the second group of agents to address the work item based on the duration exceeding a pre-determined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Chung-Wai Chan, Scott Michael Rhodes, Prithvi Yoganand
  • Publication number: 20200348991
    Abstract: Utilizing quick actions includes receiving user input via a user input module of an agent workspace, wherein the user input comprises an action input comprising an action command, and in response to receiving the user input, determining a secondary menu for the action command, wherein the secondary menu comprises a plurality of selectable parameters for the action command, and presenting the secondary menu in association with the user input module. Utilizing quick actions also includes detecting a selection of a parameter from the selectable parameters, and triggering an action based on the action command and the selected parameter, wherein the action is associated with a process for the agent workspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Scott Michael Rhodes, Srikanth Mallikarjuna, Andrew Thomas Roberts, Daniel Li-Shuan Wu
  • Publication number: 20200151649
    Abstract: A computational instance may contain queues configured to hold work items. The work items may be representations of user submissions requesting actions from a plurality of agents. The computational instance may also contain computing devices configured to: (a) obtain a set of assignment rules that specify mappings between (i) respective selection criteria for the assignment rules, and (ii) one or more candidate agents from the plurality of agents that can be assigned to address the work items with content that match the respective selection criteria, (b) read, from the queues, a work item corresponding to a user submission, (c) iterate through the assignment rules according to an ordering until a particular assignment rule with associated selection criteria that matches content of the work item is found, and (d) assign the work item to a particular agent from the one or more candidate agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Ruoyu Wang, Scott Michael Rhodes, Tian Ye, Harish Kumar Balachandra Bellamane, Yong Liang, Prithvi Yoganand, Surabhi Seetharam
  • Publication number: 20200151650
    Abstract: An example system for advanced routing and assignment of work items includes a computing device within a computational instance disposed within a remote network management platform. The computing device obtains a set of work items. The set of work items includes work items generated from submissions received within a first predefined period or work items that have remained unaddressed for at least a second predefined period. The computing device identifies a first work item based on queue priority rules that organize the work items according to a quantity of time that each work item has remained unaddressed. For the first work item, the computing device identifies available agents capable of addressing work items within a first channel that includes the first work item and assigns the first work item to a particular agent who has not previously rejected the first work item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Scott Michael Rhodes, Andrew Thomas Roberts, Yong Liang, Prithvi Yoganand
  • Publication number: 20200074363
    Abstract: An example system for dynamic agent management involving multiple queues is presented. The system may include a remote network management platform that manages a network by way of a computational instance. A first group and a second group of agents may be assigned to address work items in a first queue in the computational instance. The second group may also be assigned to address and prioritize work items in a second queue in the computational instance. A computing device within the computational instance may assign a work item originating from a client device in the managed network into the first queue according to routing rules. The assignment may cause a timer to record a duration that the work item is in the first queue. The computing device may assign one of the second group of agents to address the work item based on the duration exceeding a pre-determined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Victor Chung-Wai Chan, Scott Michael Rhodes, Prithvi Yoganand