CA2171937A1 - Apparatus and method for dynamic inbound/outbound call management and for scheduling appointments - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for dynamic inbound/outbound call management and for scheduling appointments

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CA2171937A1
CA2171937A1 CA002171937A CA2171937A CA2171937A1 CA 2171937 A1 CA2171937 A1 CA 2171937A1 CA 002171937 A CA002171937 A CA 002171937A CA 2171937 A CA2171937 A CA 2171937A CA 2171937 A1 CA2171937 A1 CA 2171937A1
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outbound
calls
agent
telephone
agents
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CA002171937A
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French (fr)
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CA2171937C (en
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Danny Ramot
Jeffrey L. Blamey
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Mitel Business Systems Inc
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Danny Ramot
Jeffrey L. Blamey
Executone Information Systems, Inc.
Executone Inter-Tel Business Information Systems, Inc.
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    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/22—Arrangements for supervision, monitoring or testing
    • H04M3/36—Statistical metering, e.g. recording occasions when traffic exceeds capacity of trunks
    • 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
    • H04M3/5158—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing in combination with automated outdialling systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2201/00—Electronic components, circuits, software, systems or apparatus used in telephone systems
    • H04M2201/38—Displays
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/22—Arrangements for supervision, monitoring or testing
    • H04M3/2281—Call monitoring, e.g. for law enforcement purposes; Call tracing; Detection or prevention of malicious calls
    • 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
    • H04M3/5175—Call or contact centers supervision arrangements

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Marketing (AREA)
  • Telephonic Communication Services (AREA)

Abstract

A telephone system provides dynamic inbound/outbound call management for a telemarketing campaign to automatically initiate outbound telephone calls for outbound agents, with outbound agents redesignated as inbound agents to answer inbound calls as needed according to at least one threshold of number or duration of waiting calls or number or duration of waiting inbound agents. Each agent's work area (35) includes a telephone station (40) having a display (30) and an input device (32). The telephone stations (40) are coupled to a server (20) via a network, and the telephone system includes appointment and calendar functions with pop-up menus.
The server (20) is also coupled to an automatic dialer (50) and to a private branch exchange (60). When the server (20) assigns an outbound call to an outbound agent, the server sends information about the party called to the outbound agent's telephone station for display simultaneous with connecting the called party to the outbound agent.
The telephone system allows each agent to control all telephone functions through the telephone station using the display (30) and input device (32). Each agent may dial and control additional calls using the input device (32), including central office calls, intercom calls and paging. As each outbound call is initiated or completed, system parameters are adjusted to maintain a predetermined minimum number of busy outbound agents. The adjustments also maintain the percentage of unattended outbound calls for which no outbound agent is available.
CA002171937A 1993-09-17 1994-09-16 Apparatus and method for dynamic inbound/outbound call management and for scheduling appointments Expired - Fee Related CA2171937C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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US12330993A 1993-09-17 1993-09-17
US08/123,309 1993-09-17
PCT/US1994/010516 WO1995008236A2 (en) 1993-09-17 1994-09-16 Telephone call center

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CA2171937A1 true CA2171937A1 (en) 1995-03-23
CA2171937C CA2171937C (en) 2006-08-15

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