KR101781056B1 - Systems and methods for customer contact - Google Patents
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Abstract
A user of the personal computing device may identify the item of interest displayed in the user interface provided by the network-based service and may obtain more information. The user may submit one or more electronic contact requests to the contact service in communication with the contact distribution system to obtain more information. The contact distribution system determines the accurate real-time availability of service agents and allows communication between the customer and the agent to be established in accordance with the user contact information provided by the user.
Description
The present invention relates to a customer contact system and method, and more particularly, to a customer contact system and method for providing users of network-based services with information related to the availability of service agents.
In an increasingly networked society, users often use data networks to perform various tasks previously performed personally. For example, a user may purchase an item from a network-based retail store using a computing device. However, in another example, a user may use a banking service to check account balances, bill payments, automatic transfers, and the like. As a result, providers of network-based services are faced with many pre-sales and post-sales contacts with their customers. Systems such as call centers have evolved into a centralized, scalable mechanism that handles the volume of calls for various contact contexts, including, for example, sales and marketing contracts, technical support and billing. However, call centers are getting worse with various drawbacks.
For example, the availability of call center agents is typically based on preset times. However, pre-set times of contact availability become easier or outdated in relation to actual agent availability. For example, specific events (e.g., holidays), time changes, network outages, over / under-staffing, and so on, each affect the availability of agents in a way that is not reflected in time- . As a result, the availability of call center agents is frustrating for users who are reported incorrectly to users and potentially want to contact the call center.
SUMMARY Aspects of the present disclosure relate to providing highly accurate and up-to-date information relating to the availability of service agents to users of network-based services (e.g., web sites) . Other aspects of the disclosure relate to enabling contacts of users and service agents (hereinafter referred to as " contacts "). Embodiments described below may consider users as customers and service agents as customer service agents. However, users are not limited to customers, and may include users of network-based services.
In this regard, it is described that the contact service receives customer requests for contact with customer service agents (CSA) and the availability of customer service agents. For example, a customer using a customer computing device, such as a personal computer, may identify the item of interest provided by the network-based service and wish to communicate with the CSA associated with the item of interest. This network-based service may be anything that provides information of interest to a product, service, or customer. Thus, a network-based service may be a network-based source of entertainment and / or information (e.g., network-based encyclopedias, media sharing, etc.), network-based retailers such as retailers that sell items for purchase to customers, Network-based social networking services that allow users to share content with other users, and so forth. In one embodiment, using the customer ' s computing device, the customer may request contact agent availability and contact with service agents.
As described in more detail below, these customer requests may be sent to the contact service via a network-based service. The contact service may submit requests to the contact distribution system for the generation of responses. These responses may be obtained by the contact service and may be submitted to the network-based service for display to the customer. For example, the network-based service may create user interfaces that incorporate responses for display to the user.
More specifically, the contact distribution system may communicate with one or more CSAs to determine agent availability and determine agent responses to customer queries. The contact distribution system may establish contact of the CSAs with the customers based on the customer contact information provided in the contact service and may record the contact status of the contact service. Since the contact distribution system may determine the CSA availability directly from the CSAs, the agent availability information returned by the contact distribution system is less likely to be outdated or inaccurate. Thus, accurate agent availability information may be provided to customers.
In one non-limiting embodiment, the network-based service may be, for example, a network-based retail service implemented through a website selling music and videos. With personal computing devices, a customer may identify items of interest displayed for sale by, for example, network-based retail services such as movies. In addition to identifying the item of interest, the customer may have one or more questions about the movie, such as how the movie is shipped. From the personal computing device, the customer may submit a request to a website of a retail service for a user interface (e.g., a web page) that contains information related to contact with the CSA. For example, the customer may submit a request for a user interface that displays agent status.
This request may in turn be sent to the contact service for a response from the web site. The contact service may communicate with the contact distribution system to obtain a real-time agent state to return to the web site. The web site may generate a web page that is requested by the customer's computing device to display to the customer based on the returned agent status.
To reduce the frequency with which requests for agent state are sent to the contact distribution system, the agent state may be stored or hidden by the contact service for a limited time. For example, if another customer requests support for the same movie in a limited amount of time, the contact service may return the previously determined agent state rather than submit a new request to the contact distribution service.
In another non-limiting embodiment, the customer may submit customer contact information to a web site. When provided to a contact distribution service, the customer contact information allows the contact distribution service to initiate communication between the customer service agent and the customer. The customer contact information may include information about which communication method is available to the customer.
A contact request containing customer contact information may be sent to the contact service. The contact service may in turn submit customer contact information to the contact distribution system. The contact distribution system may attempt to contact the customer using the contact information and may return the contact state corresponding to the contact service. The returned contact state may be provided to the website by a contact service that enables the customer to prepare for another user interface including a contact state for display. In addition to the non-limiting embodiments, when the contact of the customer and the service agent is established, the contact service may relay the service agent and the customer's customer queries and agent responses.
In other embodiments, the contact service and contact distribution service may generate and / or use additional information to coordinate the reception and transmission of user contact requests and responses between the website and the contact distribution service. In one embodiment, a unique identifier that is deemed to be a contact identifier (contact ID) may be generated by the contact service for identification of customer contact requests, and may be shared by the website and the customer client device.
In another embodiment, the contact distribution service may create and store one or more identifiers that uniquely identify the contacts generated by the contact distribution system. The contact distribution service may generate a first identifier that is regarded as a contact leg identifier (contact leg ID), in order to identify the contact made between the contact distribution service and the customer. The contact distribution system also generates a second identifier, referred to as an agent leg identifier (agent leg ID), to identify the contact made between the contact distribution service and the agent in response to the contact made between the contact distribution service and the customer It is possible. These identifiers may be provided to the contact service by the contact distribution service, which may connect the contact leg ID and the agent leg ID, and store the contact leg ID, the agent leg ID, and the connection.
When establishing a customer contact with the CSAs, the customer service may superimpose these identifiers with other selected information generated during establishing the contact, and may further store these identifiers and connections. In this manner, requests from customers may be associated with accurate contact by a contact service and contact distribution system that allows responses generated by the contact service and contact distribution system to be properly delivered to the website being used by the customer have.
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1 shows a block diagram of a contact service communicating with a call distribution system to manage contacts of customers with customer service agents.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the operating environment of FIG. 1, illustrating a touch service that provides a contact status to a web site in response to a user interface request, including an agent state, by a customer client device.
3 shows a user interface for displaying to a client client device including an agent status.
4A is a block diagram of the operating environment of FIG. 1, showing a web site that returns a user interface to a web site in response to a request for contact by a customer client device with a customer service agent.
FIG. 4B is a block diagram of the operating environment of FIG. 1, showing a website that returns a user interface to a customer client device for submitting customer contact information and returns the customer service agent interface to the contact service.
5 shows a user interface for display on a customer client device that allows a user to submit customer contact information to a web site.
FIG. 6A is a block diagram of the operating environment of FIG. 1, and illustrates a contact distribution service that attempts to contact a customer in response to receiving customer contact information.
FIG. 6B is a block diagram of the operating environment of FIG. 1, showing a contact distribution service that returns the contact state for display to the user.
7A and 7B show a user interface displayed on a customer client device that allows a user to view the contact state.
FIG. 8A is a block diagram of the operating environment of FIG. 1, showing an agent client device that generates a response to a user query.
FIG. 8B is a block diagram of the operating environment of FIG. 1, showing an agent client device that returns an agent response to a customer query and a contact status update for display to a customer.
Figure 9 shows a user interface created on the agent client device to enable the agent to view the contact state and other contact session information.
Referring to Figure 1, an operating
It will be appreciated that many of the components described below are optional, and embodiments of the
The
The client client device may include a communication device such as a PC, a kiosk, a thin client, a home computer, and a dedicated or embedded computer capable of displaying a user interface from a
In some embodiments, the responses to customer requests represent the types of user interfaces (UIs) 156 generated by the
The techniques of embodiments of the
In other embodiments, the
In one embodiment,
The
The
The
The
The interactive
The
The CSA typically has two connections to the system, the
Similarly,
The
Customers and
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the operating environment of FIG. 1 illustrating a customer requesting a user interface from a
For example, the request may include a request for a web page that includes an agent state. The request is sent to the
In the absence of a customer waiting for a service, the CSA may use this silent-open (eg, off-the-hook) connection to the system to indicate successive availability . In order to send a transition signal from availability to unavailability (e.g., lunch meal or coffee break), the CSA may simply disconnect the phone. A disconnected connection or selected unavailable state to the
If the CRM system goes down, the CSA may not click or click the user interface controls to send an availability signal to the system, or if the CSA clicks on the user interface control, the CSA does not enter the available state, Therefore, calls may not be received. Some embodiments may include a phone-system-based interactive voice application that allows CSAs to send a signal of availability via their
A silent-open connection is not required for system operation. In other embodiments, the CSAs may send an availability signal by controlling the
Advantageously, by placing the burden of sending an availability signal to the CSA, the contact distribution system always maintains a very accurate indication of real-time CSA availability. This real-time availability is well suited to changes in agent availability and provides near-immediate updates to the agent state, as opposed to a static mechanism that determines the agent state, such as operating time. Thus, when provided to a customer, it is less likely that the agent state will be useless and assures that customer expectations are met during subsequent contact between the customer and the CSA (e.g., low latency, Having appropriate skills to support, etc.).
The agent state returned to the
FIG. 3 illustrates a
The
In some embodiments, the contact user interface control 326 is not in the
4A shows a block diagram of the operating
After the
In another aspect, the
Figure 5 is an embodiment of a
The
Other customer contact information may be submitted in addition to or in addition to those described above, such as a user account for an email address, an instant messaging address, and other network-based services. The customer may submit the contact information at the selection of the
When displayed, a user interface that enables entry of customer contact information as shown in FIG. 5 can be used by the customer to enter contact information to continue the CSA contact process. FIG. 6A is a block diagram of the operating
The
If contact is attempted, the
When receiving the contact leg ID, the agent leg ID, and the contact status, the
6B, the contact state may be further transmitted to the
Also, the contact state may change dynamically during the communication process between the customer and the CSA. The
Various contact states may be presented to the customer to reflect the changing state of contact. Examples of contact conditions may include, but are not limited to, connecting, connected, hold and end. The busy state may indicate during a contact distribution service attempting to contact the user. For example, the Connected state may be displayed to the customer even though the customer telephone number is dialed but the customer does not answer the call. The Connected state may indicate that the customer telephone number has been dialed and that the customer has received the call. The hold state may indicate that the customer has received the call, but the CSA or
In an additional embodiment, the contact between the customer and the CSA may be initiated again on a later date (e.g., the customer may be called again) instead of the customer being in a pending state. In one example, the user interface may be entered to provide the customer with an option to resume the contact rather than being placed on hold. In another example, a user interface that displays options for resuming contact may be presented to the customer after the customer has been placed on hold for a selected period of time. In another example, contact with a customer may be automatically resumed at a later date on either of the two dates after the customer is put on hold instead of being placed on hold, or after the customer has been placed on hold for the selected time.
The time at which contact with the customer is resumed may be determined through various other mechanisms. In one example, the contact may be re-established by the
7A and 7B illustrate examples of
In addition, the
Once contact is successfully established between the customer and the CSA, the customer may communicate with the CSA. For example, a customer may want to request one or more queries to the CSA. FIG. 8A is a block diagram of the operating
The
The agent response may include some form of response that is appropriate for the customer query. In one embodiment, the agent response may be provided in the same contact form as the query. For example, in the case of a customer query involving the delivery of an item, the agent response may be forwarded to a telephone call. Agent responses may be further provided using queries and other forms of contact. For example, assuming that a customer query related to the delivery of an item is submitted to a telephone call, the agent response may be delivered to the telephone call, and additional instructions may be electronically transmitted to the email address of the customer's choice .
After the CSA submits the response to the customer query, the agent response may be returned to the customer. FIG. 8B is a block diagram of the operating environment of FIG. 1, showing the agent response returned to the
The agent response and status update are returned to the
9 shows an
The
Article 1 (Clause)
A system for enabling contact between a network-based service user and a service agent of the network-based service,
Wherein the agent status indicates a current availability of the service agent for communicating with the user and the contact status is indicative of an availability between the user and the service agent A contact service; And
A computing device in communication with the contact service,
The computing device comprising:
Generating a first user interface in response to a user request, the first user interface including the agent state, enabling a request for contact between the user and a service agent to be submitted by the computing device, From the contact service;
Creating a second user interface in response to a user request for a contact, wherein the second user interface allows the computing device to submit the user contact information;
Submit the received user contact information to the contact service; And
Creating a third user interface, wherein the third user interface comprises contact information obtained from the contact service in response to the submitted user contact information.
In
Wherein the first, second, and third user interfaces are configured to display to a user.
In
Wherein the contact information includes one or more telephone numbers, email addresses, instant messaging addresses, and user accounts for other network-based services.
In
Wherein the contact between the user and the service agent is performed by electronic and video messages distributed or posted to be viewed by one or more telephone calls, e-mails, SMS messages, instant messaging, .
In
Wherein the first user interface further comprises a contact user interface control for submitting a request for contact between the user and the service agent to the computing device.
A system for communication between a user and a service agent,
A data store for managing one or more user interface templates; And
A computing device in communication with the data store,
The computing device comprising:
Obtaining a first request for a first user interface from the user, the first user interface including an agent state, the agent state indicating a current availability of one or more service agents for contacting the user, ;
Obtain a first user interface template from the data store;
Generating the first user interface including the first user interface template and the agent state, wherein the agent state is obtained from a contact service in communication with one or more service agents; And
And provide the first user interface to the user for display.
In
The computing device includes:
Receiving a second request from the user for contact with a service agent;
Obtaining a second user interface template from the data store;
Creating a second user interface including the second user interface template, wherein the second user interface allows the computing device to submit user contact information; And
And provides the second user interface to the user for display.
In
The computing device includes:
Submit user contact information to the contact service;
Receiving a contact state from the contact service in response to the submission of the user contact information, the contact state indicating a user contact with the service agent according to the user contact information;
Creating a third user interface including the contact state; And
And provide the third user interface to the user for display.
In
Wherein the first user interface further comprises a contact user interface control for submitting a request for contact between the user and the service agent to the computing device.
In
Wherein the computing device generates an agent user interface for display to the service agent during contact with the user.
In
Wherein the agent state is based on availability feedback from the service agents.
Article 12
In
Wherein the network-based service comprises a network-based retailer.
Article 13
In
Wherein the contact information includes one or more telephone numbers, email addresses, instant messaging addresses, and user accounts for other network-based services.
Article 14
Wherein the contact between the user and the service agent is performed by electronic and video messages distributed or posted to be viewed by one or more telephone calls, e-mails, SMS messages, instant messaging, .
A computer-implemented method for enabling communication between a user and a service agent,
Under the control of one or more configured computer systems:
Requesting an agent state from a contact service in a state of communication with one or more service agents, the agent state indicating a current availability of a service agent for communicating with the user;
Providing the user with the agent status received from the contact service;
Requesting a contact with a service agent, the contact request including user contact information; And
And providing the user with a contact state received from the contact service in response to user contact information submitted to the contact service.
Article 16
In
Wherein the method further comprises providing a service agent to the user in response to a user query.
Article 17
In
Wherein the agent state is based, at least in part, on availability feedback from the service agents.
Article 18
In
Wherein the contact information includes one or more telephone numbers, an email address, an instant messaging address, and a user account for another network-based service.
Article 19
Wherein the contact between the user and the service agent is performed by electronic and video messages distributed or posted to be viewed by one or more telephone calls, e-mails, SMS messages, instant messaging, Lt; / RTI >
A computer-readable medium having encoded instructions for presenting service agent information to a user,
When executed by a computing device,
The computing device comprising:
Requesting an agent status from a contact service in communication with one or more service agents, the agent status indicating a current availability of a service agent for communicating with the user;
Providing the user with the agent status received from the contact service;
Receiving a user request for contact with a service agent, the contact request including user contact information;
Obtaining a contact state from the contact service, wherein the contact state indicates a contact state between the user and the service agent; And
And to provide the agent state to the user.
Article 21
In
And cause the computing device to further provide the service agent to the user in response to a user query.
Article 22
In
Wherein the agent state is based, at least in part, on availability feedback from the service agents.
Article 23
In
Wherein the contact information comprises one or more telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, instant messaging addresses, and user accounts for other network-based services.
Article 24
Wherein the contact between the user and the service agent is performed by electronic and video messages distributed or posted to be viewed by one or more telephone calls, e-mails, SMS messages, instant messaging, Lt; / RTI >
Article 25
A system for coordinating contact between a user and a service agent,
A network-based service for creating user interfaces for display to a user, the user interfaces comprising: a network-based service including service agent information;
A data store for storing the service agent information; And
A contact service in communication with the network-based service,
The contact service comprises:
Receive an electronic request for service agent information from the network-based service;
Obtaining the service agent information from a contact distribution system, wherein the contact distribution system generates the service agent information by communicating with one or more service agents and determining the service agent information from one or more agent responses;
Providing the obtained service agent information to the network-based service; And
And stores at least a portion of the received service agent information in the data store.
Article 26
In Article 25,
Wherein the request for the service agent information includes a request for an agent state and the agent state indicates a current availability of the service agents for communicating with the user.
Article 27
In Article 25,
Wherein the request for the service agent includes a request for a contact state and the contact state indicates a contact state between the user and the service agent.
Article 28
In Article 25,
Wherein the contact service further generates a contact identifier, the contact identifier uniquely identifying requests from the network-service agent to the contact service.
Article 29
In Article 27,
Wherein the contact service further obtains a contact leg identifier from the contact distribution service, the contact leg identifier uniquely identifying the contact state to the contact distribution service.
Article 30
In Article 25,
Wherein the contact service further obtains an agent leg identifier from the contact distribution service, the agent leg identifier uniquely identifying a contact between the agent and the contact distribution service.
Article 31
A system for coordinating contact between a user and a service agent,
Data store; And
A contact service in communication with the data store,
The contact service comprises:
Obtaining a request for service agent information; And
Responsive to requests for service agent information using responses from a contact distribution system, wherein the contact distribution system communicates with one or more service agents and determines the service agent information from one or more agent responses To generate service agent information.
Article 32
In Article 31,
Wherein the service agent information includes an agent state, and wherein the agent state indicates a current availability of the service agents for communicating with the user.
Article 33
In Article 32,
Wherein the agent state is based on availability signaled to the contact distribution system by one or more service agents using an agent user interface.
Article 34
In Article 31,
Wherein the service agent information includes contact information and the contact information indicates a contact state between the user and the service agent.
Article 35
In Article 34,
Wherein the contact service receives a request for service agent information including user contact information and wherein the contact information includes at least in part the state of the contact created between the user and the service agent using the user contact information, , ≪ / RTI >
Article 36
In Article 31,
Wherein the service agent information includes a service agent response to a user query after contact between the user and the service agent is established.
Article 37
In Article 31,
Wherein the contact service further obtains identifiers that uniquely identify requests for service agent information and responses to the requests.
Article 38
In Article 37,
Wherein the contact service further generates a contact identifier, the contact identifier uniquely identifying requests for service agent information to the contact service.
Article 39
In Article 38,
Wherein the contact service further obtains a contact leg identifier from the contact distribution service, the contact leg identifier uniquely identifying a response to the requests of the service agent information.
Article 40
In Article 37,
Wherein the contact service further obtains an agent leg identifier from the contact distribution service, the agent leg identifier uniquely identifying a contact between the agent and the contact distribution service.
Article 41
In Article 38,
Wherein the contact service correlates the contact identifier and the contact leg identifier to enable a corresponding response to requests for service agent information.
Article 42
In Article 37,
Wherein the contact service further stores at least one of the identifiers and the user information received in response to the service agent information request.
Article 43
In Article 35,
The contact distribution system may be used to contact the user and the service agent by electronic messages and video messages distributed or posted to be viewed by one or more telephone calls, e-mails, SMS messages, instant messaging, Lt; / RTI >
Article 44
In Article 43,
Wherein the contact state includes a time period during which the user is waiting for communication with the service agent.
Article 45
In Article 43,
Wherein the contact state includes at least one of a connected state, a connected state, and a pending state.
Article 46
In Article 43,
Wherein the contact between the user and the service agent can be restarted at a later time.
Article 47
A computer-implemented method of coordinating contact between a user and a service agent,
Under the control of one or more configured computer systems:
Obtaining a request for service agent information;
Communicating with one or more service agents and generating the service agent information by determining the service agent information from one or more agent responses;
Associating the generated service agent information with a request for the service agent information; And
And responding to the request using the generated service agent information.
Article 48
In Article 47,
Wherein the service agent information comprises an agent state and the agent state indicates a current availability of the service agents for communicating with the user.
Article 49
In Article 48,
Wherein the agent state is based on availability signals received from a service agent.
Article 50
In Article 47,
Wherein the service agent information comprises a contact state and the contact state represents a contact state between the user and the service agent.
Article 51
In Article 47,
Wherein the service agent information includes a service agent response to a user query after the contact between the user and the service agent is established.
Article 52
In Article 47
Wherein the service agent information is associated with requests for service agent information by correlating identifiers that uniquely identify each of the service agent information and the service agent information.
Article 53
In Article 52,
The method further comprising storing one or more of the service agent information, the identifiers and the associations between the identifiers.
Article 54
A computer-readable medium having encoded instructions for coordinating a user's and a service agent's contact,
The instructions, when executed by the computing device,
The computing device comprising:
Obtaining a request for service agent information;
Communicate with one or more service agents and generate the service agent information by determining the service agent information from one or more agent responses;
Associating the generated service agent information with a request for the service agent information; And
And responds to the request using the generated service agent information.
Article 55
In Article 54,
Wherein the service agent information comprises an agent status and the agent status indicates a current availability of the service agents for communicating with the user.
Article 56
In Article 55,
Wherein the agent state is based on availability signals received from a service agent.
Article 57
In Article 54,
Wherein the service agent information includes a contact state, and the contact state indicates a contact state between the user and the service agent.
Article 58
In Article 54,
Wherein the service agent information includes a service agent response to a user query after the contact between the user and the service agent is established.
Article 59
In Article 54
Wherein the service agent information is associated with requests for service agent information by associating identifiers that uniquely identify each of the service agent information and the request for service agent information.
Article 60
In Article 59,
Wherein the computing device further stores one or more of the service agent information, the identifiers and associations between the identifiers.
All of the processes described herein may be embodied in software code modules executed by one or more general purpose computers or processes, or may be fully automated through code modules. The code modules may be stored in any form of computer-readable media or other computer storage device. Some or all of the methods may alternatively be embodied in a particular computer hardware. In addition, the components described herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof.
A conditional language, such as " could, ", " might ", or "may," May be understood within the context of what is commonly used to convey that certain features, components and / or steps are included, while others do not. Accordingly, such conditional language will generally be understood as describing whether the features, elements, and / or steps are necessary for one or more embodiments, or that one or more embodiments may be implemented with or without user input or prompting, Quot; is intended to be inclusive in a manner that is not intended to necessarily imply that the elements, components, and / or steps are included, or that they essentially include logic to determine in certain specific embodiments.
The description, components or blocks of processes in the flow diagrams described herein and / or in the accompanying drawings may potentially implement certain logical functions or components in modules, segments or processes Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > and / or < / RTI > one or more executable instructions. Other implementations may be delimited by components or functions depending on the functionality involved, as may be understood by those skilled in the art, and may be performed in a different order than the one shown, or discussed to include a sequence substantially concurrently or vice versa Are included within the scope of the embodiments described herein.
It should be emphasized that many changes and modifications may be made in the embodiments described above, and that the components of the embodiments are to be understood as other suitable examples. All such changes and modifications are intended to be included herein within the scope of this disclosure and protected by the following claims.
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A data store for managing one or more user interface templates; And
A computing device in communication with the data store,
The computing device comprising:
Obtaining a first request for a first user interface from the user, the first user interface including an agent state, the agent state indicating a current availability of one or more service agents for contacting the user, ;
Obtain a first user interface template from the data store;
Generating the first user interface including the first user interface template and the agent state, wherein the agent state is obtained from a contact service in communication with one or more service agents;
Providing the first user interface to the user for display; And
And provides a contact status to the user indicating a status of a contact between the user and the service agent.
The computing device includes:
Receiving a second request from the user for contact with a service agent;
Obtaining a second user interface template from the data store;
Creating a second user interface comprising the second user interface template, wherein the second user interface allows the computing device to submit user contact information; And
And provides the second user interface to the user for display.
Wherein the agent state is based on availability feedback from the service agents.
Wherein the contact between the user and the service agent is performed by electronic and video messages distributed or posted to be viewed by one or more telephone calls, e-mails, SMS messages, instant messaging, .
Under the control of one or more configured computer systems:
Requesting an agent state from a contact service in a state of communication with one or more service agents, the agent state indicating a current availability of a service agent for communicating with the user;
Providing the user with the agent status received from the contact service;
Requesting a contact with a service agent, the contact request including user contact information; And
Providing the user with a contact state received from the contact service in response to user contact information submitted to the contact service,
Wherein the contact state indicates a state of contact between the user and the service agent.
Wherein the agent state is based at least in part on availability feedback from the service agents.
Wherein the contact between the user and the service agent is performed by electronic and video messages distributed or posted to be viewed by one or more telephone calls, e-mails, SMS messages, instant messaging, Lt; / RTI >
The computing device may provide the user with the contact status through the network of the first type indicating a status of contact between the user and the service agent via a second type of network different from the first type of network The system features.
Wherein the step of providing the user with a contact state received from the contact service further comprises the step of providing the contact state indicating a state of contact between the user and the service agent via a network of a second type different from the network of the first type, RTI ID = 0.0 > 1 < / RTI > type of network.
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