Call and data correspondence in a call-in center employing virtual restructuring for computer telephony integrated functionality
A call center having agent stations comprising telephones connected to computer stations by a Telephone Application Programming Interface (TAPI)-compliant bridge has data pertaining to callers stored in a database on a local area network (LAN) to which the computer stations are also connected. Origination data for incoming calls, both conventional calls to the telephones and computer-simulated calls to the computer platforms, is used as a key to extract data pertaining to calls from the database for display on video display units (VDUs) of the computer workstations where the calls are terminated. In some cases, data is only extracted and displayed for calls from previously listed origination points.
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The present application is a reissue patent application of U.S. Pat. No. 7,903,807 filed on May 11, 2004 as patent application Ser. No. 10/843,802, which is a continuation application of patent application Ser. No. 10/234,691, filed Sep. 3, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,735,298, which is a continuation application of patent application Ser. No. 08/949,566, filed Oct. 14, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,480,600, which is a divisional application of patent application Ser. No. 08/928,861, filed Sep. 12, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,031,442. U.S. Pat. No. 7,903,807 filed on May 11, 2004 as patent application Ser. No. 10/843,802 is also a continuation application of patent application Ser. No. 08/928,861, filed Sep. 12, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,031,442, which is a Continuation-In-Part (CIP) of prior patent application Ser. No. 08/869,815, filed Jun. 4, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,148,074, which is a CIP of patent application Ser. No. 08/802,667, filed Feb. 19, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,201,863, which is a CIP of patent application Ser. No. 08/797,420, filed Feb. 10, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,185,291. The present application Application Ser. No. 08/928,861, filed Sep. 12, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,031,442, is also a CIP of application Ser. No. 08/833,340, filed Apr. 3, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,560,328 and a CIP of application Ser. No. 08/891,675, filed Jul. 9, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,205,412.
FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention is in the area of telephone call processing and switching, and pertains more particularly to intelligent call-routing systems, and equipment and methods for customizing and personalizing Routing Rules and Protocol.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONTelephone call processing and switching systems are, at the time of the present patent application, relatively sophisticated, computerized systems, and development and introduction of new systems continues. Much information on the nature of such hardware and software is available in a number of publications accessible to the present inventor and to those with skill in the art in general. For this reason, much minute detail of known systems is not reproduced here, as to do so would obscure the facts of the invention.
One document which provides considerable information on intelligent networks is “ITU-T Recommendation Q.1219, Intelligent Network User's Guide for Capability Set 1”, dated April, 1994. This document is incorporated herein by reference.
At the time of filing the present patent application there continues to be remarkable growth in telephone routing systems, with routing done both at or near point-of origin of incoming calls, and at call destinations. For example, systems are known to the present inventor that perform initial call processing before routing an incoming call to a destination switch, and further routing is done at the call destination in computerized telephony equipment, often termed customer premises equipment (CPE). The present invention pertains most particularly to routing at customer premises.
There are, at the time of the present patent application a considerable range of CPE systems available for use from various manufacturers, and, as state-of-the-art routing systems are typically computerized, there is a broad variety of software available for such systems as well. It is the software in general wherein routing rules are set, and the routing rules determine the decision-making paths a system follows in routing calls.
In current art, although there are widely varying systems in the art relative to routing rules, all such systems exhibit a common drawback. Typically such systems, once set up (programmed) to follow certain routing rules and practices, cannot easily vary, and individual users or groups of users, cannot change the rules arbitrarily. To tinker with the routing rules in CPE typically requires a highly-trained maintenance technician (system administrator).
What is clearly needed is method and apparatus which allows an individual user of a routing system, or a group of users, to alter and customize the routing rules of the system for particular purposes, which may change from time to time, depending on the users.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn a preferred embodiment of the present invention a telephony call-in center is provided, comprising a plurality of agent stations, individual ones of the agent stations having a telephone and a computer platform including a video display unit (VDU), the telephone and computer platform connected by a Telephone Application Programming Interface (TAPI)-compliant data link; a local area network (LAN) connecting at least some of the computer platforms at the agent stations; and a first computer processor connected on the LAN, having a wide area network connection (WAN) adapted to receive computer-simulated telephone calls, and having access to a database. The computer platform is adapted to retrieve origination data for incoming calls to the telephone, and to use the origination data to correlate the caller with further data retrieved from the database for display on the VDU. In some embodiments the the first computer processor is adapted to service calls from specific Service Control Points (SCPs) and to block display of data at agent station VDUs for any call not identified as originating at one of the specific SCPs.
In preferred embodiments the computer platforms are adapted to report the origination data to the first processor, and the first processor is adapted to correlate the caller with further data retrieved from the database for display on the VDU.
In an alternative embodiment a telephone call-routing system is provided, comprising a call-in center comprising a plurality of agent stations, individual ones of the agent stations having a telephone and a computer platform including a video display unit (VDU), the telephone and the computer platform connected by a Telephone Application Programming Interface (TAPI)-compliant bridge, with a plurality of the computer workstations connected to one another, to a first processor, and to a database on a local area network (LAN); and a call-routing center comprising a telephony switch adapted to switch telephone calls to the telephones at the call-in center and a processor adapted to route computer-simulated telephone calls to the computer platforms at the agent stations. In this embodiment the computer workstation is adapted to retrieve origination data for incoming calls, both conventional telephony and computer-simulated, and to report the origination data to the first processor, and wherein the first processor is adapted to use the origination data to correlate the caller with further data retrieved from the database for display on the VDU. IN some instances the first processor is adapted to service calls from specific Service Control Points (SCPs) and to block display of data at agent station VDUs for any call not identified as originating at one of the specific SCPs.
In yet another embodiment an agent station for a call-in center is provided, comprising a computer platform having a local area network (LAN) adapter, the computer platform adapted for receiving and processing computer-simulated telephone calls; a telephone having a telephone line port; and a Telephone Application Programming Interface (TAPI)-compliant bridge connecting the computer workstation and the telephone. The computer workstation is adapted to retrieve origination data for calls, both calls to the telephone and computer-simulated calls to the computer platform, and to report the origination data on a LAN via the LAN adapter to a processor connected to the LAN.
In still another embodiment a method for correlating displayed data with incoming conventional telephone and computer-simulated telephone calls at a call-in center is provided, comprising steps of (a) connecting individual telephones at the call-in center by a Telephone Application Programming Interace (TAPI)-compliant bridge to individual computer platforms; (b) connecting each telephone-connected computer workstation on a local area network (LAN) to a processor connected on the LAN, the processor having access to a database storing data to be displayed; (c) monitoring origination information of incoming calls by the computer workstations; (d) providing the origination information over the LAN to the LAN-connected processor; and (e) using the origination information via the processor to correlate data to be displayed with the incoming calls.
In the various embodiments of the invention described in enabling detail below, call centers without call-switching apparatus and capable of also processing computer-simulated calls are enabled, while also providing means of correlating stored data pertaining to callers with calls to agent stations, displaying the data on VDUs at the agent stations while calls are in progress.
In various embodiments of the present invention each workstation (361, 362) has a PC with a video display, such as PC/VDU 331 at workstation 361 and PC/VDU 332 at workstation 362. There will be in most architectures many more than the two telephone workstations shown, each with an associated PC, but two are considered adequate by the inventors to illustrate embodiments of the present invention.
PC/VDUs 331 and 332 in various embodiments are connected on a local area network (LAN) 301 which also connects to a data file server 303 and to processor 223 running an instance of T-Server 207. The arrangement of PC/VDU plus telephone at each workstation is a common arrangement for many company facilities, and has become more common as more and more people become computer literate. Moreover, many companies are actively training employees in use of computers, and providing PC-type computer equipment, usually interconnected by company LAN, for employees to use.
In the exemplary system shown, calls may originate at any remote call-in point, which is represented in
In embodiments of the present invention a call originating in the network cloud and routed to switch 121, destined for one of telephones 131 or 132 or to another destination at the customer's premises, typically carries a destination number, which may include a direct inward dialing (DID) feature, whereby a limited number of lines may be used to carry calls to a larger number of final destinations, accomplished principally by software techniques. Destination may also be to a virtual number, of which many may be programmed, and T-Server 207 may be adapted to further route calls forwarded to such virtual numbers. The phone call may also have caller ID attached (originating caller's phone number), and in those cases wherein a separate network digital data link is accomplished between processors at the origination end (208) and the customer's premises (223) cases a data packet associated with the call may be forwarded over link 210. Also, T-S 207, which interacts continuously with switch 121 in this embodiment, is capable of transacting with data file server 303, given caller ID and/or other data associated with a call, to retrieve further information about the caller from data file server 303.
It will be apparent to those with skill in the art that incoming calls are not limited to two telephones as shown in
It will be apparent to those with skill in the art as well, that a separate processor shown as processor 223 in
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention routing intelligence is no longer confined to a central location such as telephony switch 121 or T-Server 207 running on a connected processor, but distributed in a manner that individual users of the system may customize routing at their own workstations, using individual PCs. This is accomplished in large part by control code executable at a user's computer workstation. It is not required that the actual code be always at the user's workstation, as it may be shared code resident at, for example a file server on LAN 301, such as file server 303. The unique code may be accessed from such a server and executed at any one of several workstations such as workstations 361 and 362 by PC/VDU 331 and PC/VDU 332 respectively. The location of stored code, and access to such code is not, however germane to the invention. In embodiments of the invention, an individual PC executes unique code to provide call-routing control for an individual.
In embodiments of the present invention, T-Server 207 is adapted to cooperate with code executed at individual PCs to route incoming calls. In this unique routing process there are at least two different mechanisms that may be used. In one mechanism, all calls are routed to a single routing point, and each individual routing application registers with that routing point. In this case a record of each call is broadcast on LAN 301, as will be described more fully below, and filtering occurs at each PC router. In a second mechanism there may be a virtual routing point for each PC using a personal router on the LAN. In this second case there is no need to broadcast call particulars on the LAN. This second alternative is typically more expensive than the first, and there are currently rather severe limitations on how many automatic call distribution (ACD) queues or routing points may be allocated on a typical central switch.
Referring now to
A central element in the present invention is that a user at an individual PC rims an instance of a personal router application, providing that user with instant and complete control over routing of calls meant for that user (or, in some cases, associated users). The user's PC, such as PC/VDU 331 is connected typically by LAN to a processor such as processor 223, in turn connected to the central switch, such as switch 121.
At the computer portion of an individual workstation, such as PC/VDU 331 at workstation 361, the user has access to the local application which is interactive with code executed at T-Server 207 at processor 223, to control and customize routing for incoming calls, depending on certain data elements in the broadcast announcement record (
Through the individual interface, John Doe in this instance, may program in a relatively high-level language, routing preferences for certain incoming calls, according to data broadcast for such calls on LAN 301. In the case where each user has a dedicated routing point, an incoming call is directed to the individual's computer, and the broadcast is not necessary.
In this example John Doe has programmed his interface to pick up all calls having Caller ID matched with a list “list1” after n1 rings. List1 is resident in John Doe's database associated with his own Personal Router, and John Doe may call up this list and amend, delete, and expand it as he wishes. The number of rings n1 may be any convenient number to accomplish John's purpose.
John Doe may program negative lists as well. Although not specifically recommended, a negative list could be used to hang up on all calls that have an ID associated with a company or individual that has been making harassing calls to an employee, or to shunt such calls to a special tracking program or the like.
John Doe in this instance has also programmed his personal router to send all calls bearing his assigned DID number to the telephone at his desk after 0 rings, and to an answering machine after n2 rings. Associations with data sets may also be made, comparing such data sets to stored profiles and the like. At the bottom of the display in this example a status summary of calls may be provided. A user may choose to have this window resident on his computer screen as a pix-on-pix, or to hide it and call it as needed. Also, it will be apparent to those with skill in the art that it is not strictly required that each selected person having an associated routing interface assigned have a computer at his/her elbow. For those persons not, for one reason or another, inclined to program their own routing, the interface may be called up and done by another, with appropriate access security applied. A secretary or system administrator may perform such functions, using any workstation connected to company LAN 301.
The user interface at the user's workstation can take any of a variety of forms, and have a variety of functionality. Typically, when the user logs on, his system will be configured to execute the unique application to run in the background, and to monitor for incoming calls at all times the user is present and active. It will be apparent to those with skill in the art that this can be done in a variety of ways. The interface, for example, may be a Graphic User Interface (GUI) wherein icons may be used to represent calls, callers, and other users, and the individual user at one workstation may select to display icons as desired. In this alternative embodiment an incoming call may appear on a user's PC VDU as a small telephone in an announcement bar. Such announcement bars are familiar to those with skill in the art, such as seen on Operating System Desktops, where an e-mail arrival may be indicated by a letter icon and a sound.
In such an embodiment, by moving the screen cursor to the telephone icon, which may be programmed to “ring” or to vibrate as though it is ringing, the user may activate a text balloon announcing the caller ID or other call data, or such data may be displayed directly in the icon. The system can be configured in such an embodiment to allow the user to route the call to his own phone with a click, to hang up with a double click, to drag the call to a holding queue (represented by a basket, for example,) to send the call to an answering machine, which may be done by dragging and dropping the telephone icon to an answering machine icon, to transfer the call to another person by dragging and dropping the telephone icon to an icon representing another user (such as the instant user's secretary or supervisor for example). Those with skill in the art will recognize that the functionality through the use of click and drag-and-drop procedures is very broad indeed.
Actions taken at the personal router interface at an individual PC on LAN 301 in embodiments of the present invention are codified as instructions on the LAN to T-Server 207 (in most cases) running on a processor such as processor 223, connected to central switch 121. If an individual user at a workstation, for example, has received an indicator of a waiting call, and has dragged the ringing telephone to his secretary's desk icon in his interface, his personal router interacts with T-Server 207 to instruct switch 121 to reroute the call to the secretary's telephone. In a similar manner, most actions at a personal router become instructions to switch 121, and in general each user having access to such a personal router can program responses to calls and respond to incoming calls in real time with a broad set of available responses.
In embodiments of the invention, not necessarily all calls are routed by personal routers executed on PCs on LAN 301. There may also be over-riding routing rules programmed into switch 121, such that certain calls or types of calls are always handled in a certain way. Rules in switch 121 may also determine the fate of calls that are not eventually routed by personal routers. For example, all calls alive after seven rings may be switched to a recorded announcement, and the like. In this manner a very broad freedom of routing may be accomplished, with security and flexibility to adapt for changes in the organization.
It will be apparent to those with skill in the art that the division of code and functionality between server 303, T-Server 207 running on processor 223, and individual workstations on the LAN is somewhat arbitrary, with the requirement that individuals at the workstations have interface access to customize and update personal routing rules.
In another aspect of the present invention a Personal Desktop Router is implemented in a Client-Server architecture. This embodiment is illustrated with the aid of
In this Client-Server embodiment of the present invention, the actual router software exists and executes as one router 401. Client Packages 410a and 410b may be implemented as a Graphical User Interface (GUI) with iconic drag and drop features as described above with reference to
It will be apparent to one with skill in the art that router 401, in this embodiment, is not required to reside in processor 223, but may reside in any other machine capable of executing the router and connected or coupled to LAN 301, such as switch 121. The router could be executed, for example, on a server on the Internet, and accessed by a WEB browser by a client connected to LAN 301. It will also be apparent to one with skill in the art that while router function does not occur at individual workstations 361 and 362 in this particular embodiment, editing capabilities provided to the user via client packages 401a and 401b can remain essentially the same as described in previous embodiments taught herein.
In typical embodiments, router 401 is configured to allow a group manager or system agent to perform higher level configurations to routing rules, such as type of calls available, call parameters, user function or location changes, etc., while individual users may, through their interfaces, configure routing rules for their own calls, within the boundaries set by the supervisor.
It will be apparent to one with skill in the art that any configurational division of editing capabilities may be employed with reference to routing rules as they may exist in any given application without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. A server-based router such as router 401 in this embodiment, wherein a unique client package is provided for editing purposes at a user's workstation, such as workstation 361, is heretofore unknown to the inventor.
In the embodiment illustrated by
To help create a context for a detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention which follow, attention is first directed to
It will be apparent to those with skill in the art that there may be just one phone in call-in center, or there may be several more than the two shown. Two telephones is an arbitrary choice for purposes of illustration and description.
It is common and desirable at call-in centers for agents who man the phones to have at hand a personal computer (PC) or a data terminal of some description including a video display and processor. Access to such a computerized system allows the agent to recall and display data pertaining to a caller, and also other information of use in dealing with and helping caller, such as technical information about products and product use. Although several types of such data terminals are known, PCs are assumed here for purposes of description and illustration. A PC 1161 with a display is shown at hand for an agent using telephone 1162 and a PC 1171 is shown proximate telephone 1172 for use by an agent at telephone 1172.
In a very simple system there may be just one telephone and one PC proximate the telephone, therefore just a single equipped agent constituting the call-in center. In the system of
In systems of the sort depicted by
Telephone calls in the system of
Calls 1104 intended specifically for call-in center 1150 typically are received at Service Control Points (SCP) represented by SCP 1102, which are organized typically with one or more 800 numbers or the like. Calls received and processed at SCP 1102 are forwarded to switch 1120 which routes the calls to whatever area code and number is assigned to telephones 1162 and 1172. Other calls 1122 may also come into telephony switch 1120 and be routed to call-in center 1150. As is known in the art, SCP 1102 is also a telephony switch.
Also as is known in the art, there may be equipment associated with SCP 1102 to provided some additional functionality, such as an adjunct processor and an intelligent peripheral. For simplicity's sake these are not shown in
Attention is now directed to
In the system of
In the system of
Further, CTI transactional data retrieved from switch 1120 (line busy, line available, and the like), may be provided to T-Server 1114 at processor 1116, and in some cases in raw or processed form to Stat-Server 1112 to be used in routing by CD processor 1108. Many other functions described in the related applications listed above may now also be accomplished. Still further, Stat-Server 1114 running on processor 1151 can issue CTI commands to switch 1120 in the network cloud via CTI link 1119.
Although the system of
Virtual CTI link
There are a number of different ways a telephone and PC may be connected, such as by a serial port and circuitry in the telephone and operating code in the PC such that the PC may monitor transactions of the telephone, including on-hook, off-hook, incoming caller-ID, ringing instance, and so forth. The PC via the data link may also exercise control over telephone functions. With this unique connectivity and adaptation, assuming all of the telephones in a call-in center are thus connected and adapted, T-Server 1114 running on processor 1151 may acquire in aggregate all of the information otherwise available from switch 1120 via CTI connection 1119. T-Server 1114 on processor 1151 may then perform as though a fully workable CTI connection 1119 to switch 1120 is established.
Call and Data Correspondence
One of the important functions performed is identification of callers, retrieval of data relating to callers, and transmittal of such data to be displayed at the PC associated with each telephone at each agent station. The advantage to all is readily apparent. The agent fielding a call is thus more prepared to deal with the caller, and will have information readily at hand.
To provide the call and data display functionality desired it is, of course, necessary that a caller's identity be established and the caller's correct data be retrieved for display. There are some instances in the system depicted in
Consider now the further circumstance that after the agent answers and the data retrieval begins, the original caller hangs up or is otherwise disconnected, and a second call 1122, a random call, entering the system not through SCP 1102 but directly into switch 1120, goes to telephone 1162. This circumstance could occur in a number of different ways, including a misdialed or misrouted call. There are also other sequences of events that could result in the same mismatch between call and data. Unless some action is taken, the data will be retrieved and displayed, although there will no correspondence between the data and the caller.
In this circumstance the origination information, which may be such as caller ID information or DNIS information, for the second (random) call will not indicate the call originates at SCP 1102. In an embodiment of the present invention, origination data transmitted to T-Server 1114 at processor 1151 indicating the call last received was not through a valid SCP will cause any data being prepared for display at the agent station to be halted. In some embodiments, depending on the capability of switch 1120, T-Server 1114 on processor 1151 may cause such non-SCP calls to be disconnected and/or rerouted, by command over link 1119.
Voice Extensions Through Integrated Agent Workstations
The direct connection of a telephone to a PC connected on a LAN to a processor with an operating T-Server provides a platform for a number of voice extensions useful in the overall process of customer service through call-in centers. Several such voice extensions in embodiments of the present invention are described herein below.
Call recording is a major need in customer service operations of the sort described herein, especially in operations dealing with financial markets and utilities. Such recording operations in current art are typically quite expensive to implement and difficult to manage. In an embodiment of the present invention an improved call recording facility is provided by virtue of the connection of the telephone to the PC by data link, and the functionality afforded through LAN 1152 and code as a part of T-Server 1114. In this embodiment a digital voice rendition of both parties to a call is transmitted on link 163 (for example) to PC 1161.
In one embodiment of the present invention all calls are recorded, subject of course to local laws governing such matters, and provision is made for selective archiving of recorded conversations. The recording is all digital, and may be accomplished in a number of ways, utilizing a number of commercially available hardware and software entities, such as those marketed under the name SoundBlaster™. The LAN connection and availability of data servers such as server 1153 provide for the rather large amount of digital data needed for such a recording operation. In this embodiment organization of the recorded database can be done in a variety of ways, categorized by agent, by subject, by product, and so on, and relational cross-referencing may be done as well, providing a well of information not before available in such call-in centers. In addition interactive search and retrieve functionality, and interactive report generation is provided. In another embodiment of the invention digital voice recording is provided on demand, under control of the resident agent and/or the agent's supervisor. It will be apparent to those with skill in the art that there are many different schemes that may be employed for digital voice recording, using the uniquely connected and managed apparatus of the present invention.
In other embodiments of the present invention voice playback is provided, with pre-recorded massages played to a caller under agent or Host control. Such pre-recorded messages may be recorded by an agent or other person, and stored either locally in the PC or more remotely, such as on a server connected to LAN 152. Such messages can include greetings, mandatory messages required under law in some cases, disclaimers, and all kinds of messages that may be very repetitive for an agent.
In other embodiments of the present invention voice recognition routines are used allowing an agent to invoke displays with spoken initiators on the telephone, recognized in the PC and acted upon either in the PC or through the PC by means of LAN 1152 by other servers on the LAN or by T-Server 1114. Voice recognition may also be used to detect upselling opportunities in the course of calls at PC connected telephones. Other voice recognition routines are used in embodiments of the invention to detect abusive or threatening speech, and to automatically save calls or portions of calls that match patterns for such speech.
Methods in Computer Simulation of Telephony Systems (3226)The present invention in embodiments described below pertains to computer simulation of telephony call centers and activity and functionality of such centers, and to computer telephony integration (CTI) as applied to such centers. It is well-known in the art that call center architecture and functionality is a rich and varied subject, and it is beyond the scope of the present specification to describe all of the rich variation in call center technology. There are, however, commonalties. Every call center, for example, is centered on a telephony switch, either at a customer's premises or provided by a telephone company. The telephony switch involved in a call center typically has one or more incoming trunks of telephone channels for receiving telephone calls, and typically one or more outgoing trunks as well, for placing calls back into the network.
Also common to call centers is the fact of connections to telephones at agent stations, which are typically assigned directory numbers. There may be just a few, dozens or even thousands of agent stations controlled by a single call center. In some call centers, only telephones are provided at agent stations. In others there may be computer terminals with display monitors, and the computer terminals may be interconnected on a local area network (LAN) along with network servers of various sorts. Call centers have recently been developed for providing video conferencing with agents. It may be seen that the architecture can be quite varied.
Telephone switches at call centers, depending on the model and manufacture, are capable of certain functions in switching, such as Automatic Call Distribution (ACD), queuing, playing recorded announcements to callers, and much more, and typically the functions available, and the manner in which the functions operate is specific to the make and model of the telephony switch.
In addition to all of the above, the systems of interest for the present invention are systems having a CTI link capability, enabling connection of a processor executing one or more usually customer-specific applications. According to the reference incorporated above, CTI involves three areas: (1) Call Control, which includes an ability to control and observe telephony calls, switching features and status, automatic call distribution (ACD) systems and ACD agents, and to use switching resources including tone generators and detectors; (2) Telephone Control, which is an ability to control and observe telephone devices; and (3) Media Access, which includes binding telephone calls to other media services.
In accomplishing the observation and control functions of CTI as listed above, applications executed on a CTI processor can be quite varied in function, really limited only to the imagination of application developers, and presently include such functions as agent-level routing, which will be familiar to those with skill in the art.
In simulating a call center and associated elements as represented in
In the example of
Switch 2102 is termed in embodiments of the invention a Simulated Telephony Objects Module (STOM), and comprises a variety of micro-emulated objects represented here by elements 2130-2132, which represent such as agents, ACD queues, and the like, as listed above.
Agent's telephones and agent stations as micro-emulated objects in a call center simulation will have attributes and statuses including, but not necessarily limited to two-line connections; perhaps a group relationship; and an equipment configuration mode (status when call offered, and status when call released).
Other entities that may become micro-emulated objects in a call center module, as represented by elements 2130-2132 include such as an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system, remote access agents, media services that may appear in a call center switch, and generally, any feature that a call center switch can perform. Outgoing trunks have parameters including but not limited to a list of the outgoing trunks and a probability of answer result, such as answer, not answer, busy, answering machine, fax/modem, SIT tones, and so forth.
Calls in the simulation procedure have attributes and parameters including but not limited to origination party; destination party; PBX call identifier, DNIS number, ANI, and call status, such as connecting, waiting, alerting, or conferencing.
Elements 2130-2132, represented here as icons, may be, as indicated above, any function or behavior associated with STOM 2102, and it will be apparent to those with skill in the art that the three elements shown are not enough to depict all physical and logical elements that would have to be provided for STOM 2102 to make a realistic simulation. The elements shown, however, will be sufficient to teach to practice of the invention to those with skill in the art.
Software module 2103 represents an outgoing and return module, termed a Simulated Outgoing Dialing Module (SODM), wherein calls placed by STOM 2102 over path 2106 are modeled, and calls returned as a function of the outgoing calls over path 2105 are also modeled. STOM 2102 communicates with Interface Library 2110 via paths 2108 and 2109. Link 2113 represents a CTI link from application 2120 to switch 2102 via CLIL 2110.
The STOM notifies an application 2120 through CLIL 2110 of arriving calls, and data associated with arriving calls, as well changing status of telephony objects and statuses. STOM 2102 receives requests from application 2120 via CLIL 2110 to change status of agents phones and stations, such as login, logout, ready, not ready, or and busy. Requests are also received to change call status, such as answer, reconnect, disconnect, produce new call, transfer call, and include a call to a conference. If requested changes are available the STOM produces the changes and sends notification o the changes to application 2120 through CLIL 2110. If requested changes are out available, negative notification is sent.
In the embodiment of the invention illustrated by
As an example of the object-oriented nature of the GUI of
The matter of importance in describing this invention is not the particular nature or statistical distribution of the calls, but the fact that the module has alterable parameters, also known as properties, which a user may manipulate to represent behavior of interest, and that the module is adapted to the system as an object, which may be removed and replaced by another object having a different parameter set. One may then quickly and conveniently alter the incoming conditions for a simulation, and new modules with different parameter sets may be developed off line and switched into the system.
Attention is now directed to STOM 2102. Iconic elements 2130-2132 are shown as three different shapes in
Consider that element 2130 is a micro emulated agent module. This module may be selected from a library in the fashion described above for the SICM module, and dragged and dropped into switch 2132. Either before or after addition to the switch, parameters for the module may be accessed and set. It will be apparent to those with skill in the art that there may be a large number of agents assigned to a single call center, and that all of the agents may not have the same assignments or characteristics.
As an example of the versatility of the unique system, there may be, for example, agents for English speakers who call, and agents who speak Spanish for handling calls from Spanish-speaking customers. Certain agents may be trained for certain functions: to sell certain products, for example, or to provide technical assistance in certain situations. There may be, however, multiple instances of a micro-emulated agent. For example, of a Spanish-speaking agent assigned to first shift duty and trained to sell three specific related products. An icon represented agent, then, will have a multiplicity parameter. In setting up a simulation a user may select an agent, set certain parameters, then set the multiplicity parameter so that the call center will behave as though there were, say, twenty such agents.
It will be apparent to those with skill in the art that there are several ways parameters may be accessed and set for a micro-emulated object, such as element 2130, which may, for example, represent an agent having particular attributes. In one embodiment, for example, a selected icon representing a micro-emulated object may be caused to display an associated window in the GUI, and the window will have programming fields wherein a user may access and alter (edit) parameters. If the object is an agent, there may be, for example, a parameter field for language, for product knowledge, for shift assignment, and so forth; and, as indicated above, there may also be a parameter for multiplicity. If a simulated agent having a complete set of behavior parameters is to be represented multiple times in a call center simulation, the multiplicity parameter may be set for “n” instances, then the object will behave in operation of the simulation as “n” objects. The behavior of such objects can be in preferred embodiments, randomized, so the behavior, where there is a range, is not always the statistical average.
For example, even though there may be multiple instances of an agent with a certain characterization, it will never be true that every such agent will behave in exactly the same way. Some of the agents may habitually come late or leave early, and others may take longer than others for processing after calls are released. In an aspect of the invention such variations are accounted for by access to a statistical database and random generator. Typically the statistical average behavior of all such agents will be known, and may be stored in a manner to be accessible to the system. Multiple agents, otherwise identical in behavior, are caused to randomly alter their behavior in a way that the statistical average behavior is met.
It will be apparent to those with skill in the art that the above description of agent functionality and variation, and the method of applying parameters, multiplicity, and statistical behavior is not necessarily limiting in the invention. Many variations are possible, even including programming an individual module for each an every agent in a setup of interest.
Attention is now directed to CLIL 2110 and communication between STOM 2102 and CLIL 2110. CLIL is an interface library whose function it is to translate between STOM 2102 and application 2120 in a particular manner. STOM 2102 is configured in a manner that will be common to any of the several makes and models of available telephony switches currently available. Different makes and models of telephony switches communicate with CTI applications in different ways, however, and provide significantly different behavior specific to a particular make and model of switch. Communication may also be characterized by latency considerations. For example, in some real world situations one might wish to test, the telephony switch will be on the customer's premises, and in others, the telephony switch might be in the network, remote from the customer's premises. Latency issues in communication will differ by the different switch location, even with the same physical switch.
CLIL is a switch-dependent layer that controls communication of commands and status over data paths 2108/2109 and CTI link 2113. The function of CLIL 2110 is to add switch dependent characteristics to the communication, so one simulated generic call center can be made to appear to a CTI application as a particular make and model of a switch connected in a specific manner. The particular value of CLIL 2110 is that an application may be tested against one make and model of a switch, and, by selecting a different layer of software from CLIL 22110, one may then test the same CTI application against a different make and model of switch and/or location and connectivity of a switch user may quickly and conveniently substitute one CLIL setup for another for communication with a switch of interest.
Internet Protocol Network Telephony (IPNT)
In all of the embodiments and aspects of the invention described above specific examples have been drawn from the technological area of conventional intelligent telephony networks, other than what is now known as Internet protocol network telephony, wherein computers simulate telephones through software, microphones, and speakers, and telephony data between such equipped computers is transmitted over Internet connections and directed by servers, such as destination number servers (DNS) in the Internet. In the IPNT world IP addresses are used instead of telephone numbers, and there are differences in the way data packets are formulated and transmitted. Moreover, what may be termed routing is done by such as IP switches and hubs, wherein destination addresses may be changed. These differences, however, are not limiting in embodiments of the present invention.
In many embodiments of the invention described, the inventions are involved with new and unique ways to use machine intelligence for telephony functions, particularly, but not exclusively, as these functions relate to call centers and intelligent routing of calls. In instances of the invention described, the principles of the invention may also be applied to IPNT without undue experimentation.
As examples of IPNT application, in those embodiments dealing with personal routing and personal routers, the methods and apparatus described may also be adapted to IPNT so personal routing rules, negotiation, and the like may be provided for IPNT calls as well. In the aspects of the invention dealing with simulation of CTI applications and testing, the applications may apply to IPNT telephony as well as to more conventional telephony systems. Other examples will be apparent to those with skill in the telephony arts.
It will be apparent to those with skill in the art that there are many alterations that may be made in the embodiments of the invention herein described without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Some of these have been described above, such as the use of a telephony server like T-Server 1207 running on processor 1223. In some cases such a server is not needed to practice the invention, as was described above.
Many of the functional units of the system in embodiments of the invention may be implemented as code routines in computerized telephony equipment, computer servers, and individual workstations. It is well-known that programmers are highly individualistic, and may implement similar functionality by considerably different routines. Also, the invention may be applied to widely varying hardware systems. Further, hardware used to practice the invention may vary in many ways. There are similarly many other alterations in the embodiments described herein which will fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention in it's several aspects described. The invention is limited only by the breadth of the claims below.
Claims
1. A call center, comprising:
- a plurality of agent stations having a telephone connected to computerized equipment enabling a user agent to interact with Internet Protocol (IP) calls over the telephone;
- a local area network (LAN) connecting at least some of the agent stations;
- a server having an Internet connection adapted to receive IP calls from the Internet;
- an IP switch connected to the LAN having access to a data repository;
- wherein the server attaches data initially received with an IP call and forwards the IP call to the IP switch which uses the attached data to retrieve further data associated with the IP call or caller from the data repository, and to provide the further data to an agent to which the call is routed.
2. The call center of claim 1 wherein the IP switch is adapted to service IP calls from specific servers in the Internet and to block display of data at agent stations for any call not identified as originating at one of the specific servers.
3. The call center of claim 1 wherein the computerized equipment comprises personal computers (PCs).
4. A call-routing system, comprising:
- a server connected to the Internet, the server adapted to receive IP telephone calls originating from the Internet and attach data initially received with the IP call;
- an IP switch for queuing the calls for agents at agent stations in a communication center; and
- a call router executing in the IP switch, the call router adapted to route the IP calls to the agent stations;
- wherein the IP switch uses data initially received with an IP call to retrieve further data associated with a caller from the data repository, and to provide the further data to an agent to which the call is routed.
5. The system of claim 4 wherein the IP switch is adapted to service calls from specific servers in the IP network and to block display of data at agent stations for any call not identified as originating at one of the specific servers.
6. The call-routing system of claim 4 wherein one or more of the agent stations comprise personal computers (PCs).
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Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 7, 2013
Date of Patent: Jul 7, 2015
Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC. (Daly, City, CA)
Inventors: Igor Neyman (Palo Alto, CA), Myhailo Barskyy (San Francisco, CA), Alec Miloslavsky (San Carlos, CA), Oleg Bondarenko (San Francisco, CA), Valeriy Issayev (Foster City, CA), Andrei Petrov (Redwood City, CA), Pavel Karpenko (Concord, CA)
Primary Examiner: Hemant Patel
Application Number: 13/789,640
International Classification: H04M 3/00 (20060101); H04M 3/51 (20060101);