EP1180288A4 - Enterprise contact server with enhanced routing features - Google Patents

Enterprise contact server with enhanced routing features

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Publication number
EP1180288A4
EP1180288A4 EP00932697A EP00932697A EP1180288A4 EP 1180288 A4 EP1180288 A4 EP 1180288A4 EP 00932697 A EP00932697 A EP 00932697A EP 00932697 A EP00932697 A EP 00932697A EP 1180288 A4 EP1180288 A4 EP 1180288A4
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EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
contact server
routing features
enterprise contact
enhanced routing
enhanced
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Application number
EP00932697A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1180288A1 (en
Inventor
Raymond G Goss
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Verizon Business Global LLC
Original Assignee
MCI Worldcom Inc
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Priority claimed from US09/317,561 external-priority patent/US6687241B1/en
Application filed by MCI Worldcom Inc filed Critical MCI Worldcom Inc
Publication of EP1180288A1 publication Critical patent/EP1180288A1/en
Publication of EP1180288A4 publication Critical patent/EP1180288A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
    • H04M3/51—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing
    • H04M3/5183—Call or contact centers with computer-telephony arrangements
    • H04M3/5191—Call or contact centers with computer-telephony arrangements interacting with the Internet
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L65/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication
    • H04L65/40—Support for services or applications
    • H04L65/401—Support for services or applications wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board sharing or spawning of a subconference
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/14—Session management
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
    • H04M3/51—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing
    • H04M3/523—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing with call distribution or queueing
    • H04M3/5237—Interconnection arrangements between ACD systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M7/00—Arrangements for interconnection between switching centres
    • H04M7/0024—Services and arrangements where telephone services are combined with data services
    • H04M7/0027—Collaboration services where a computer is used for data transfer and the telephone is used for telephonic communication
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L69/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • H04L69/30—Definitions, standards or architectural aspects of layered protocol stacks
    • H04L69/32—Architecture of open systems interconnection [OSI] 7-layer type protocol stacks, e.g. the interfaces between the data link level and the physical level
    • H04L69/322—Intralayer communication protocols among peer entities or protocol data unit [PDU] definitions
    • H04L69/329—Intralayer communication protocols among peer entities or protocol data unit [PDU] definitions in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
    • H04M3/51—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing
    • H04M3/523—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing with call distribution or queueing
    • H04M3/5231—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing with call distribution or queueing with call back arrangements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
    • H04M3/51—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing
    • H04M3/523—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing with call distribution or queueing
    • H04M3/5232—Call distribution algorithms
    • H04M3/5233—Operator skill based call distribution
EP00932697A 1999-05-24 2000-05-22 Enterprise contact server with enhanced routing features Withdrawn EP1180288A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US317561 1999-05-24
US09/317,561 US6687241B1 (en) 1997-11-21 1999-05-24 Enterprise contact server with enhanced routing features
PCT/US2000/014058 WO2000072535A1 (en) 1999-05-24 2000-05-22 Enterprise contact server with enhanced routing features

Publications (2)

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EP1180288A1 EP1180288A1 (en) 2002-02-20
EP1180288A4 true EP1180288A4 (en) 2003-06-11

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EP00932697A Withdrawn EP1180288A4 (en) 1999-05-24 2000-05-22 Enterprise contact server with enhanced routing features

Country Status (7)

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EP (1) EP1180288A4 (en)
JP (1) JP2003500929A (en)
AU (1) AU771695B2 (en)
BR (1) BR0010933A (en)
CA (1) CA2374329A1 (en)
MX (1) MXPA01012024A (en)
WO (1) WO2000072535A1 (en)

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US6934380B2 (en) * 2003-05-02 2005-08-23 Cisco Technology, Inc. Method and system for automatic contact distribution utilizing presence detection
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US7899164B2 (en) 2003-06-19 2011-03-01 Nortel Networks Limited Convergence of circuit-switched voice and packet-based media services
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US5884032A (en) * 1995-09-25 1999-03-16 The New Brunswick Telephone Company, Limited System for coordinating communications via customer contact channel changing system using call centre for setting up the call between customer and an available help agent

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US5884032A (en) * 1995-09-25 1999-03-16 The New Brunswick Telephone Company, Limited System for coordinating communications via customer contact channel changing system using call centre for setting up the call between customer and an available help agent
EP0856980A2 (en) * 1997-02-04 1998-08-05 Siemens Business Communication Systems, Inc. Content searchable communications for a routing method and ACD system
WO1998054877A2 (en) * 1997-05-30 1998-12-03 Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. Apparatus and methods enhancing call routing within and between call-centers

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See also references of WO0072535A1 *
WEBLINE: "Press Release 8-9-1997", WEBLINE PRESS RELEASE, 8 September 1997 (1997-09-08), pages 1 - 4, XP002231318, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:www.webline.com/news/press/1997/9-8-97.htm> [retrieved on 20030214] *

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JP2003500929A (en) 2003-01-07
CA2374329A1 (en) 2000-11-30
WO2000072535A1 (en) 2000-11-30
BR0010933A (en) 2002-04-23
MXPA01012024A (en) 2002-06-21
AU5038500A (en) 2000-12-12
EP1180288A1 (en) 2002-02-20

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