Patents by Inventor Will MEANEY

Will MEANEY 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: 10306069
    Abstract: A method for reducing backlog at a call center comprises receiving a request for an agent of a contact center from a device associated with a contact and determining a context for the request. Based on the context, the request may be published while restricting agents from servicing the request, and the duration of time that the request is published is monitored. If an interrupt that indicates that an opt-in user would like to handle the published request is received, then a device associated with the opt-in user is communicably coupled to the device associated with the contact. However, after the request is published for a publish time and an interrupt from a device associated with an opt-in user is not received the request is removed from being published and agents of the contact center are allowed to service the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Gráinne Farrell, Adrian Ryan, Conor Tannian, Will Meaney
  • Publication number: 20180270358
    Abstract: A method for reducing backlog at a call center comprises receiving a request for an agent of a contact center from a device associated with a contact and determining a context for the request. Based on the context, the request may be published while restricting agents from servicing the request, and the duration of time that the request is published is monitored. If an interrupt that indicates that an opt-in user would like to handle the published request is received, then a device associated with the opt-in user is communicably coupled to the device associated with the contact. However, after the request is published for a publish time and an interrupt from a device associated with an opt-in user is not received the request is removed from being published and agents of the contact center are allowed to service the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Gráinne Farrell, Adrian Ryan, Conor Tannian, Will Meaney
  • Patent number: 9948783
    Abstract: A method for reducing backlog at a call center comprises receiving a request for an agent of a contact center from a device associated with a contact and determining a context for the request. Based on the context, the request may be published to a portal service while restricting agents from servicing the request, and the duration of time that the request is published is monitored. If an interrupt that indicates that an opt-in user would like to handle the published request is received, then a device associated with the opt-in user is communicably coupled to the device associated with the contact. However, if the time that the request is published surpasses a threshold and an interrupt is not received then the request is removed from being published to the portal service and agents of the contact center are allowed to service the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Gráinne Farrell, Adrian Ryan, Conor Tannian, Will Meaney
  • Patent number: 9813553
    Abstract: A device, system, and method optimizes active transactions of an agent. The method performed using a prioritizing device of a contact center includes determining a first priority value of an incoming transaction, the incoming transaction included in a user request received by the contact center, the incoming transaction requiring utilization of a real-time communication channel. When the first priority value is greater than a predetermined threshold value, the method includes identifying an agent device associated with the contact center to process the incoming transaction, said agent device currently processing an ongoing transaction. The method includes transferring the ongoing transaction from the agent device. The method includes transferring the incoming transaction to the agent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Edel Kelly, Liam Loftus, Seamus Hayes, Will Meaney
  • Publication number: 20170118341
    Abstract: A device, system, and method optimizes active transactions of an agent. The method performed using a prioritizing device of a contact center includes determining a first priority value of an incoming transaction, the incoming transaction included in a user request received by the contact center, the incoming transaction requiring utilization of a real-time communication channel. When the first priority value is greater than a predetermined threshold value, the method includes identifying an agent device associated with the contact center to process the incoming transaction, said agent device currently processing an ongoing transaction. The method includes transferring the ongoing transaction from the agent device. The method includes transferring the incoming transaction to the agent device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Edel KELLY, Liam LOFTUS, Seamus HAYES, Will MEANEY