Patents by Inventor Thomas Bateman

Thomas Bateman 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: 20070083678
    Abstract: This invention (The Customer Contact Channel Changer) enables the integration of different Customer Contact Channels such as live call centre ACD (Automatic Call Distribution) agents, ADSI (Analog Display Services Interface) enhanced IVR (Interactive Voice Response) systems and WWW (World Wide Web) servers. The world wide web servers are used to allow customers with computer equipment to access information from an organizations databases in a self service mode. Frequently these customers have questions best answered by human ACD agents. With this invention the connection between the customer with the question and the agent with the answer is done quickly and efficiently with both parties sharing screens of common information. Also control is retained by the customer to make the call happen when they want it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: INNOVATIA, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Bateman, Bruce Kierstead, William Noble, Timothy Curry, John Lockett, Laurie Mersereau, Robert Ouellette