WO2002052459A1 - Procede et systeme de transmission de donnees lors de la commande de services ou produits - Google Patents

Procede et systeme de transmission de donnees lors de la commande de services ou produits Download PDF

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WO2002052459A1
WO2002052459A1 PCT/FI2001/001149 FI0101149W WO02052459A1 WO 2002052459 A1 WO2002052459 A1 WO 2002052459A1 FI 0101149 W FI0101149 W FI 0101149W WO 02052459 A1 WO02052459 A1 WO 02052459A1
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Juha Merivirta
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  • the present invention relates to a method, according to the preamble of Claim 1, for transferring and directing infonnation to a desired entity.
  • the present invention also relates to an arrangement, according to the preamble of Claim 7, for transferring and directing information to a desired entity.
  • a record selected by a customer for example, a form completed on the Internet
  • a customer service agent for viewing by a customer service agent during a call made by the customer, or when the call arrives at the customer service.
  • service ordering information is sent customer- specifically to the service provider, for example, as follows:
  • the service provider's customer service has a database of customers.
  • customers When a customer calls the customer service, they can be identified on the basis of the caller's A-number, for example.
  • A-number On the basis of this A-number, a retrieval can be made from the customer database, allowing all of the information concerning the customer to be viewed by the customer service agent.
  • customers themselves cannot influence the contents of the customer service database prior to the call, instead they are based on the database and information made by the customer service itself.
  • a customer wishes to confirm by telephone the information of the record of an order placed using the Internet, they must provide some identifier data of the recorded record over the phone, so that the customer service agent can retrieve the information from the database.
  • the invention is intended to solve the aforesaid problems of the state of the art and for this purpose create an entirely new type of method.
  • the invention is based on a service order form being completed by means of an information network such as the Internet and the order information being sent to a database with the aid of the same network.
  • the person ordering the service is notified, through the information network, of an order-specifically varying service number, which the customer can contact, for example, by telephone to confirm the order and/or to check the progress of the order. If this predefined telephone number is called, the service provider is provided with the order information, which is linked to the relevant order service number and simultaneously the call is connected to the service provider for a possible verbal check or additional comments/additional information.
  • the method is based on the information provided by the customer being made available directly with the aid of the Internet to the person answering the call, it is thus possible to shorten the telephone conversation between the customer and the customer service agent. This will reduce the possibility of errors and misunderstandings.
  • Figure 1 shows an operational block diagram of one arrangement according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows a flow diagram of one implementation of the method according to the invention.
  • Figure 3 shows a flow diagram of a second implementation of the method according to the invention.
  • Figure 4 shows an example of one record according to the invention.
  • One example of the implementation of the invention is the ordering of a pizza through the Internet.
  • the customer selects the pizza and the flavourings they want to order, from the pizzeria's website.
  • the customer receives from the database a service number (e.g., 0100-1299), which they can call.
  • the customer calls this service number, the call is connected, under the control of the intelligent network, to the owner of the service, i.e. to the pizzeria.
  • the call arrives at the pizzeria, someone at the pizzeria can retrieve, from the external database, the information on the pizza selected by the customer from the website.
  • the information can be sent automatically to the service provider, in connection with the call.
  • the information will be already waiting at the pizzeria, when the call is answered.
  • the arrangement according to the invention comprises the customer's 10 components, the operator's 11 components, and the service provider's 12 components.
  • the customer's 10 components include the customer's computer 1 and the customer's telephone 4.
  • the computer 1 typically a personal computer, is connected to a data communications network such as the Internet while correspondingly the telephone 4 is connected to a second information network, typically a normal telephone network.
  • the computer 1 need not be a traditional desktop computer - it can be, for instance, a laptop computer with a data communications connection capability, or alternatively a computer with a WAP or UMTS communications capability, possibly equipped with other communications properties.
  • the operator's 11 components include an A-subscriber exchange 5, to which the customer's telephone 4 can be connected.
  • the A-subscriber exchange 5 is, in turn connected to an SSP centre (Service Switching Point).
  • the SSP centre 5 in turn, communicates with both an SCP (Service Control Point) and a B-subscriber exchange 8.
  • the SCP 7 is connected to an external database 2.
  • the external database 2 communicates with both the customer's 10 computer 1 and with the service provider's customer servers 3.
  • the equipment of the service provider 12 in turn includes a switchboard 9, which is connected to the operator's 11 B-subscriber exchange 8, and customer service computers
  • the customer service computers 3 can, in principle, be any computer whatever, which are able in terms of equipment and/or software to communicate with the database 2. If the service provider's organization is small, the switchboard 9 is unnecessary, and the telephone 10 or telephones can be connected directly to the B-subscriber exchange 8 over an analog or digital connection.
  • connections referred to above can be based on either a traditional landline connection, or on a wireless connection.
  • the components can communicate with each other. This, in turn, can be implemented in many different ways on the basis of the knowledge of one versed in the art.
  • the customer uses their computer in an Internet connection. They write, in the address field of their browser, the Internet address (URL), which addresses the external database 21, either through the service provider's website, or directly. For example, there can be a hyperlink to the external database on the service provider's home page, which can take the form 'Order pizza'. This link thus leads to the external database, which returns an HTML page 22, defined by the service provider, to the customer's browser and waits for the customer's reply 23. The customer completes the sent HTML page 22 and returns the form by clicking 24 a button on the HTML page. The customer's browser and the external database keep in contact with each other, for example, with the aid of an HTTP or HTTPS protocol. Next, the external database examines the information 25 returned by the browser.
  • URL Internet address
  • the external database selects a random, order-specific service number 26 from a service number space.
  • the service number space is part of a number space allocated to this particular service, for example 01001200 - 01001300. If the information is not correct, the customer's browser is sent notification of the failure of the recording, requested to try again 30, and the process is terminated 31.
  • the service number e.g., 01001299
  • the external database records all the information that it has received from the customer, along with the time 27 of the event. The information is recorded as a single record in the database and the retrieval key is set to be the service number randomly selected by the external database, so that the data can be later found unambiguously.
  • Figure 4 shows an example of a record, which records not only the service number, but also the time stamp, the product ordered, additional information, and the price of the product. Notification of the selected service number, to which a call can be made, is returned to the customer, as is information as to how long the recorded information will be retained in the database 28. Finally, the database and browser processing processes are terminated 29.
  • the customer calls the service number 41 they have read from their browser.
  • the call is routed from the A-subscriber exchange to the SSP centre, which sends the service request to the SCP, i.e. to the intelligent network controller 42.
  • the SCP makes a first query from the external database 43. If a record according to the service number is found 44, the database returns the record's time-stamp field (the first data field of the record) to the SCP. If the record is not found, or the query fails, the SCP commands the SSP centre to break off the call. From the time field, the SCP can decide, for example, whether the record is still valid or is out of date.
  • the data record is deleted from the database 48 and the SCP commands the SSP centre to break off the call 49. If the data is not out of date, the customer's application commands the SCP to replace the caller's A-number with the called B-number, i.e. with the service number 46. In that case, the person answering the call sees the called service number in place of the A- number in the telephone's numerical display. After this, the intelligent network controller returns information to the SSP centre in order to connect the call to the destination number 47 found from the record (the fifth data field of the record).
  • the information that the time-stamp field is out of date can be acted upon from the service provider's 12 application and the necessary operations can be carried out manually on out-of-date orders.
  • the following describes a method according to the invention, in which the customer service agent 3 retrieves the information and answers a call.
  • the called service number appears as the caller's A-number.
  • the person answering the call can use their own browser to carry out a search of the external database.
  • the search can be made immediately the call begins to ring in the subscription, because the number display device is then already displaying the A-number.
  • the customer's information recorded in the database can then be obtained even before the call is answered.
  • the information can, of course, also be retrieved during the call.
  • the person answering the call has, on their browser, the information that the calling party has selected on their own browser and recorded in the external database.
  • the destination subscriber can have a telephone switchboard extension, an ISDN connection, an analog connection, or a mobile subscription.
  • the main thing is that they have a terminal on which it is possible to see the transferable, varying order-specific service number (e.g., 01001299), either of the display of the telephone or on a number-display device, or similar.
  • the A-number is thus the service number
  • the customer service agent need not make the retrieval from the database themselves, instead the server attached to the switchboard and its software will make the database retrieval on behalf of the customer service agent.
  • the method can be utilized not only on the basis of the A-number, but also of the transferor's number.
  • the transferor's number will be replaced in the IN network by the service number.
  • This transferor's number can be shown, for example, in an ISDN subscription and in certain telephone switchboards.
  • Figure 4 shows an example of one record according to the invention, in which the uppermost data is a retrieval key, the varying service-specific service number
  • the first data field contains the time stamp (22:45) of the entry to the database, the second data field the type of pizza (americano), the third data field additional information (oregano), the fourth data field price information (FIM 42,-), and the fifth data field the destination number of the service provider's customer service (09060557).
  • the invention can also be used, for example, in automobile repair shops and other similar businesses, for example, as follows.
  • An order is first placed for the service of a car or other device through an information network and, as in the case of the pizza, a service number is received in reply, which, when called, connects to the party carrying out the work, making it possible to agree, outside of the order form, about other related matters.
  • the same service number and database can also be used when the customer enquires about how much of the service of the device (e.g., a car) has been carried out. In that case, the customer service agent can see from the database what has been done to the device (e.g., the car) so far, when it can be fetched, how much it will cost, etc.
  • the database is thus updated as the maintenance work proceeds.
  • the service number can be reused by a new customer, once the work has been completed and the previous customer has fetched their device (e.g. car).
  • the customer can be provided with the latest possible information on the progress of the work.
  • any information at all appearing in the Internet can be recorded in an external database of an intelligent network, because the external database itself is part of the Internet. And if this information is given a service number as an identifier, the information can be identified through a conventional telephone network. According to alternative embodiments of the invention, the information entered through an information network can be left in a database for a longer time and can be updated and read using a browser as required.
  • the invention generally relates to a method, in which a browser is used to enter the information of the person ordering a service into a database, a service-specific fixed, however consecutively running, service number being defined as the retrieval key, in which case it is possible with the aid of an intelligent network to connect a call, through the service number, to the correct subscription of the service provider, and the destination subscriber's information is retrieved using a browser at the service provider's end.
  • the person ordering the service is provided with an opportunity, either through the Internet, or alternatively through a telephone network, to ex--mine the operations of the service provider as the service is completed in various stages, as, for example, in the automobile repair shop application.
  • the monitoring of the progress of the completion of such a service could, if necessary, include the possibility for using a password for the progress of the service.
  • the password can be defined with a certain length, automatically and randomly through the operation of the system.
  • the same service number can be used both when working by telephone (operation as when using a normal telephone number) and through the Internet (operation using a user-identifier + password).
  • invoicing could also be handled in a manner based on charging for the service-specific varying service number, through a normal telephone bill.
  • the method according to the invention can be used, for example, to deliver photographs to customers. If a customer wishes to order, for example, JPEG-form photographs as colour prints in a printing shop, the process (colour settings, grey tones, etc.) can be monitored according to the invention, for example, through the Internet. Similarly, the method can be applied to other printed products.
  • orders for flowers can be placed in accordance with the method according to the invention, in which case the initial order is defined through a network, with a call to a supplied service-specific, varying service number permitting the final selection of the product, for example, by means of pictorial information sent through the Internet.
  • the second information network described in the invention can be, for example, the Intemet, a WAP, or UMTS, or other public or local area network.
  • the definition information network is also applied to a telephone network, such as an IN network (Intelligent Network).

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L'invention concerne un procédé et un agencement permettant de transférer et d'orienter des informations vers une entité souhaitée. Selon le procédé, une commande est envoyée par un client (10) (via un premier réseau d'information, ledit client (10) reçoit un produit ou un service conformément à la commande passée. Un numéro spécifique au service pour un second réseau d'information est envoyé au client (10) via le premier réseau d'information suite à au nombre spécifique au service que reçoit le client (10) via le second réseau d'information. Ensuite, l'information relative à la commande est envoyée au fournisseur de services (12).
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