Topical dynamic chat

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The present invention is directed to a customer contact 100 in which a session monitor 140
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Method and system for self-service scheduling of inbound inquiries

DN Duncan, AN Svoronos, TJ Miller - US Patent 6,859,529, 2005 - Google Patents
A method and system schedules inbound inquiries, such as inbound telephone calls, for
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Using true value in routing work items to resources

SH Kiefhaber, JE Kohler, HR Paddock… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
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VoiceXML and rule engine based switchboard for interactive voice response (IVR) services

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Announcement system and method of use

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BACKGROUND Increasingly, business transactions are handled via tele phone including
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Multi-service request within a contact center

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Contact center and method for tracking and acting on one and done customer contacts

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Method and apparatus for the automated delivery of notifications to contacts based on predicted work prioritization

A Flockhart, JZ Taylor, EP Mathews - US Patent 8,577,015, 2013 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a contact centerisprovided that includes:(a) a work item queue 208,250
comprising an intra-enterprise contact associated with at least first and second internal …

Method and apparatus for global call queue in a global call center

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Method and apparatus for entertaining callers in a queue

JS Walker, JA Jorasch, TM Sparico… - US Patent …, 2007 - Google Patents
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