US20140177627A1 - Enabling Quality Voice Communications From Web Page Call Control - Google Patents
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A system and method of bypassing the regulated portion of the Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) to establish carrier-grade voice transmissions and/or IP data communications between an Internet Calling Person having a first telephone and a first PC coupled to a first Local Service Access Provider (LSAP) and an Internet Called Party having a second telephone and a second PC coupled to a second different Local Service Access Provider (LSAP).
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- This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/411,388 filed Mar. 2, 2012, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/196,042 (U.S. Pat. No. 8,130,750), filed Aug. 3, 2005, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/411,663 (U.S. Pat. No. 6,973,091), filed Oct. 4, 1999, in the name of Rex R. Hester for “Enabling Quality Voice Communications From Web Page Call Control”, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates in general to the ubiquity of the Internet Web Page for information and the ubiquity of the telephone and its associated number for quality voice communications and in particular a method of converging these two entities with a capability of connecting a Web Page user (Calling Party) and the Called Party (Web Page advertiser or single party subscriber) via a Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol Network (MVoIP) that provides carrier-grade voice quality, and performance equal to the existing Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
- The present invention also relates to the capability of holding call requests to business customers in a “cyber queue” until such time a business representative (agent) can answer the call. The present invention further provides for Web Page navigational procedures that present value-added information to the business representative thereby reducing business representative work time when a form is completed by the Web Page user and forwarded to the business representative via the proposed invention method. The present invention further provides for “web enabling” an entire company's Web Page, not just the company's Call Center. This relates to the capability of placing a call to any name, number, symbol, etc., located on a Web Page.
- 2. Description of Related Art
- Acronyms used herein are identified as follows.
- CPE—Customer Premise Equipment
- FCC—Federal Communications Commission
- IP—Internet Protocol
- ISP—Internet Service Provider
- LSAP—Local Service Access Provider
- MIPN—Managed Internet Protocol Network
- MVoIP—Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol
- PBX—Private Branch Exchange
- PSTN—Public Switching Telephone Network
- PUC—Public Utilities Commission
- SS7—
Signaling System # 7 Network - VoIP—Voice-over-Internet Protocol
- The Internet has brought about many exciting communications capabilities for consumers. There are, however, needs and solutions for consumers (on-line Web Page users/surfers) to have collaborative communications, voice and/or data interaction with a business or its service Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) by utilizing information derived while browsing a Web Page. Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) is defined herein as equipment located at customer location (Calling or Called Party) which provides quality voice and voice and/or data capability for the user. Examples of these devices include, but are not limited to, telephones, personal computers (PC), multimedia PC, multimedia cable television, cellular phones, Call Center equipment, etc. A “Call Center” is defined herein as Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) where agents (more than one agent) both receive and provide bidirectional voice and/or Internet Protocol (IP) data between a Calling Person and a Called Party (an advertiser's agent).
- The Called Party may be a Web Page Internet advertiser, in which case the advertiser service Call Center is coupled to a Local Service Access Provider (LSAP) for transmission of voice and/or voice and data to the Web Page user (Calling Party). An LSAP (Local Service Access Provider) is defined herein as a telephone system that couples all of the CPE in a local area to each other internally and to external systems such as the PSTN. The LSAP provides local access to all of its coupled CPE customers. No toll charges apply on calls between these CPE customers connected to the same LSAP. Toll charges apply on calls connected from an LSAP to the PSTN which switches these calls to another LSAP. For purposes of discussion within this application, the PSTN is defined herein as that part of the government regulated telephone network that couples one LSAP with another different LSAP.
- Toll-free 1-800 calling is an example of calls made over the existing PSTN by telephone users. For example, calls made to airlines using the traditional 1-800 calling services are routed over the PSTN. This network is regulated by both federal (FCC) and state (PUC) government regulatory bodies. These regulations have added access charges, interstate, intrastate, and 800 settlement charges, to name a few costs associated therewith.
- Currently without the use of the Internet callers dial a toll-free 800 number and the charges are billed to the 1-800 business customer and not to the Calling Party. Thus, the routing of such call is via the regulated PSTN. When the call arrives at a typical service CPE Call Center, numerous directory menus and voice prompts delay the actual conversation with an agent. This, of course, creates aggravation for the Calling Party. Further, billing charges for the call to the advertiser (Called Party) start at the beginning of receipt of the automated directory and prompts (answer), not at the actual voice conversation with the Called Party agent.
- This implementation does not allow for implementation of call handling functionality in the network to reduce costs and/or provide caller convenience. The government regulations present telephone network planners with very little room for design when attempting to be competitive. The present PSTN is also difficult to adapt to new, evolving technology such as the Internet Protocols (IP).
- Thus, today, when anyone calls 1-800-ANY-AIRLINE from a
telephone 16, from asystem 10 such as shown inFIG. 1 , thetelephone 16 is a part of a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)area 12. For purposes of explanation in the application, theCPE area 12 will be designated as the “Calling Party”. The call from the Calling Party is routed through the localaccess distribution circuit 24 to the PSTN 30 and then to the airline CPE Call Center 20 where agents reside to answer service or sales calls. The first event that occurs, when the Call Centersystem 20 identifies a new call, is that an automated attendant answers the caller. Then, by using a set of directory menus and voice prompts, the automated attendant attempts to identify the service need or needs for routing the call to a specialized agent. The following voice prompts are typical: - “Press (1) if you need arrival or departure information”;
- “Press (2) if you need reservations within the United States”;
- “Press (3) if you need reservations for international flights”;
- “Press (4) if you need assistance for any airline vacation planning”;
- “Press (5) for all other inquiries”; and
- “Press (6) to hear the prompts again”.
- These prompts may take up to 35 seconds or more. After one has chosen to make a reservation and pressed (2), the call is placed in a queue and the next available, specialized agent will be given that call to answer. This queue timing is dependent on the number of agents available and how busy they are at the time the incoming call is received. Thus, the queue timing may range anywhere from five seconds to several minutes or longer. For purposes of the present explanation, a queue time of 15 seconds will be used. As identified in this example, the prompts may be listened to for 35 seconds and the queue time for waiting for an agent is 15 seconds. This represents a total of 50 seconds or more of billing time to the business customer before the Calling Party starts actual conversation with an agent. During this time costly switch ports and voice circuit facilities are also being used prior to actual dialogue with an advertiser's agent (Called Party).
- At this point, a discovery dialogue starts as to when the Calling Person wants to travel, how many people will be traveling, the frequent flier number, the return dates, preferences and the like, and, of course, the credit card number. This process takes approximately 15 minutes.
- Thus, as seen in
FIG. 1 , the 1-800Calling Person 12 has atelephone 16 that is coupled to anLSAP switch 14. The Calling Person also may have a WebPage user PC 18 coupled to thetelephone lines 32 through theLSAP switch 14. When the 1-800 number is dialed, theSignaling System # 7 Network 28 (SS7—a system well known in the communications industry) sets up the call from thePSTN switch access 26 portion of LSAP 14 to LSAP 22 which has coupled to it the service provider's CPE withCall Center 20. Voice connections are made through theregulated PSTN 30 and associatedtelephone lines Calling Person 12, who can then make the choices as described earlier through the PSTN. - In addition, the 1-800 call could be made through the
international telephone network 38 when set up by theSS7 gateway 36, and the telephone calls are then routed over telephone lines 40 and 42 to the international LSAP 44 and the CalledParty telephone 46. Of course, the CalledParty 46 may also have apersonal computer 48. - The Internet is frequently used to browse over the Web Pages to find a particular product or desired service having an associated 1-800 number and the Web Page user can, by using his telephone, then call the 1-800 number over the PSTN as described earlier.
- Thus as shown in
FIG. 2 , theCalling Person 12 may use hispersonal computer 18 that is coupled throughLSAP 14 to a local Internet Service Provider (ISP)access 52 andline 55 to theInternet network 54. There, the Calling Party (Web Page user) may browse the Web Pages that are provided by aWeb server 58 until a desired product or service is located. When such desired product/service is located, formal voice communications may be required, clearing up open-ended issues such as specific color or size in stock, special pricing or fares, credit card security, perceptions, product questions and comparisons, and the like. In the majority of cases, customers close the transaction only after some formal voice communication. -
FIG. 2 is a diagram of theprior art system 50 in which the Internet is used to complete such business transaction. Thus, when the Internet user logs onto the Internet, a dial-up connection is used through theLSAP 14 andLocal ISP access 52 to access theInternet network 54. After the proper connection is made to theInternet network 54 online 55, the user may browse the Internet to locate product information or services desired. Web information is stored on Web Pages located inWeb servers Internet 54. Once the consumer has determined the product or services in which there is interest, the Web Page, containing a well-known “call me” capability permits the consumer to have follow-up voice and/or IP data communications using the existing Internet network and/or the PSTN. - Existing art “call me” capability will use two different methods of voice communications with the Web user. The first requires the implementation of first equipment (PC) that interfaces the Internet and second equipment (a telephone) that has direct connections to the PSTN. From that point on, i.e., when the telephone is used, the call is a typical PSTN call with all the problems of cost and inconvenience to the Calling Party. This implementation actually requires two PSTN calls to be made: a device (server computer) in the PSTN places a call to the phone number of the Web Page user (Calling Party) over the PSTN and also places a call to the Called Party This doubles the communication cost to the business just to get the Web Page user to communicate person-to-person with the business. If the Web Page user (browser) has two telephones, he may use one of the phones to call the 800 toll-free number through the PSTN as described previously while the PC remains coupled to the Internet to receive IP data. If the Web Page user has only one phone line and is connected through it to the Internet, the user can either disconnect from the Internet and place the call on the 1-800 call through the normal PSTN, or can place the 1-800 call to the
service Call Center 20 using the “call me” capability on the Web Page. The connection will be made throughInternet connection 59 from theInternet network 54 to thelocal ISP access 60 inLSAP switch 22. The CPE equipment, in this case the Call Center agent'sequipment 20, must be Voice-over-Internet Protocol compatible and enabled. The CPE equipment at the CallingParty CPE 12 must also be Voice-over-Internet Protocol compatible and enabled. - If the call is placed over the PSTN, the call is generally noted as a “cold call” and is similar to any 1-800 call to a business or business Call Center described earlier. This type of call requires voice prompts and queue times that, as stated previously, adds costs to the long distance telephone bill and uses expensive switch ports and facilities. If this call is made using the “call me” capability of existing art, and Voice-over-Internet Protocol is used over the existing Internet, the voice quality, network reliability, and performance of the existing Internet networks become a major problem for true quality business applications. Call delivery, latency, and delay all play an important factor in quality voice service. The Internet was designed and implemented to deliver data application to the masses, not to deliver quality voice to business applications.
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FIG. 2 , in the prior art, theInternet 54 could also place a call online 57 to an international LSAP using its ISPlocal access 44 which has coupled to itCPE 46 which may include a telephone coupled to a PC or advertiser's call agents connected to a Call Center. - The problems associated with prior art utilizing calls over the PSTN are many.
- First, the cost of delivery of 800-type traffic over the existing regulated PSTN is very capital intensive. Thus customers must absorb these costs plus the profit added by the carrier, whether the bill is being paid by the Calling Party or the Called Party. Every PSTN call requires capital expenditures in switch ports throughout the network. Every connection to a switch port requires capital or lease expense in physical voice facilities. All of this equipment requires floor space, power, maintenance etc. on an ongoing basis.
- Second, the PSTN does not allow for queuing in the network to allow the 800 business customers (Called Party) to save on calls while awaiting answer by the Called Party agent.
- The existing method of calling over the PSTN does not deliver an informed customer to the advertiser's CPE. Present art only allows a customer to be prescreened to the effect of the voice prompts made available to the Calling Party.
- The problems associated with calls made over the Internet with the prior art are also numerous.
- Present state-of-the-art requires that the Web Page user have a PC capable of supporting compatible Voice-over-Internet Protocols such as H-323 standards. Not all Web Page users have microphones, speakers, and the software available on their PC to support this prior art, thus it is not ubiquitous. Most businesses do not provide multimedia PCs to their employees. However, almost all employees have telephones and computers with Internet access. The present Internet has no guaranteed delivery of service end-to-end because present Internet networks are designed to be data networks not voice and data networks. Also, voice quality, as it presently exists on the Internet, is far too inferior and unpredictable for any type of business application which requires communications between the Web Page user and the Web Page advertiser. Business customers expect the same quality of voice and reliability as is presently available over the PSTN. Further, the prior art system does not allow for total utilization of Internet Protocol (IP) technology such as queuing Web Page users in “cyber space” while waiting for an available advertiser agent to become available. Prior art implementation in some cases connects the Web Page user with the advertiser agent by placing calls through the PSTN which provides the same problems as previously described in the prior art with calls on the PSTN. In addition, the prior art does not allow for coordination between the Web Page and CPE Call Center procedures. With the prior art there is clearly no ubiquity in service due to not all the CPE of Calling Parties having multimedia capability, i.e. microphones, speaker, Voice-over-IP software compatibility. In addition, prior art implementations allow access to advertiser agents through use of chat, e-mail, etc. which do not solve the cultural issues such as the need to have personal voice contact when completing a transaction. Existing art is based on the concept of callback for voice communications. This is because the prior art is based on an implementation where the agent gets the Web user's information, such as telephone number, from the chat session, the e-mail received, or the information received on a Web-enabled agent screen. The agent then places a call to the Calling Party, thus the “callback” scenario. This creates problems in coordinating the callback with the availability of the Calling Party. This method of implementation does not allow for instant buying by the Calling Party.
- A big disadvantage to prior art callback scenarios is that it does not allow calls to be made to an individual single phone number other than over the PSTN.
- Prior art “call me” capability only allows calls to agents that can call back if a quality voice connection is required. Remember, in the prior art the agent receives the information over the Internet via chat requests or e-mail. The problems with voice connections over the Internet have been discussed earlier.
- Other problems with prior art include the situation with Web Page users (Calling Party) searching the Web and finding a site which displays only a 1-800 number to call for voice communications. The international dialing plan does not allow the 800 number to be dialed from an international location. The cost of dialing internationally also prohibits commerce in these situations. Also, the present state of the art does not allow phone conversation to be established from any Web Page user anywhere in the world to any number, symbol, or name on a Web Page anywhere else in the world in a simple, reliable manner by a simple “click” of the mouse on the Web Page user's PC.
- A summary of the operation of the prior art Internet service is as follows. The Calling Party goes off-hook with his telephone connected to the LSAP. The LSAP returns a dial-tone (ready-to-receive digits). The Calling Party (Web Page user) then enters the Internet Service Provider's access digits. The user logs onto the Internet and selects a company Web Page. The user then wants to verify the product or service and complete the transaction. The company access number (typically, 1+800) is obtained from the Web Page and the Web Page user either hangs up (to clear the telephone line) and dials the service Call Center on the 1+800 number, or uses a second line to call the company's
service Call Center 1+800 number. - If the user has to hang up to complete the call, he disconnects his PC from the Internet after having obtained the 1+800 access number and then goes off-hook again towards the LSAP. The LSAP returns a dial-tone (ready-to-receive digits) and the user then enters the 1-800 number for the desired service Call Center. If the PSTN is used, then the call is completed as described earlier.
- If the Web Page user desires to make a call through the
Internet network 54 the instructions on the Web Page are followed and the connection is made from the user PC through theISP network 54. Again, the voice quality is very poor, the service is not guaranteed, and the Calling Party PC and the called party CPE must be Voice-over-IP compatible. As stated earlier this is not a ubiquitous offering. - Since the federal government has ruled that the IP networks will not be regulated in the same manner as the present PSTN system, a tremendous opportunity exists for innovative solutions that deal with today's communications costs and inherent issues.
- Thus, it would be advantageous to have a methodology and solution to eliminate voice prompts and the costs that are charged prior to answer by an agent with the use of Web Page navigation and selection. Further, it would be advantageous to have ubiquitous access to any CPE on any LSAP with a MVoIP methodology and implementation. This MVoIP must be of same carrier-grade voice quality of the PSTN so that major business customers could offer this calling service to their customers. It would also be advantageous to have the capability of calling any number, name, or symbol from a Web Page over the MVoIP network.
- The present invention enables the Calling Person (user), through Web Page navigation, to make selections of products and/or services advertised on the Internet and to provide detailed information to the Internet system concerning such selections along with a customer profile. The invention provides for informed Web Page users to communicate with an agent by forwarding the data completed by the Web Page user (Calling Party) to the agent at time of answer by the agent. This data can include such information as name, address, phone number, age, language preference, and other product-related information as requested though Web Page navigation custom-made for the particular customer business. This reduces agent work time, conversation time, and produces a satisfied and content customer (Calling Party). Web Page design and navigation can provide all the data needed by the agent to complete the transaction. This capability is not available over the existing PSTN. The novel system allows the call of a Calling Person to automatically navigate through any “prompts”, identify the information required to purchase the product/service such as flight information, flight number, number of people traveling, preferred seating, international or domestic flight preference, Advantage card numbers, billing information, color, size, and the like, and thus, delivers an informed customer to the agent of the Web Page advertiser (Called Party).
- The invention also allows “call me” capability from any number associated with a Web Page, whether it be to a Call Center or to a single telephone. For example, a business may offer a Web Page that contains a “call me” capability to their Call Center for product purchases or service while at the same time has phone numbers associated with a receptionist or an individual.
- This new novel invention allows phone conversation to be established from any Web Page user anywhere in the world to any number, symbol, or name on a Web Page anywhere else in the world in a simple, reliable manner by a simple “click” of the mouse on the Web Page user's PC.
- The novel invention allows calls to be queued in the Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol (MVoIP) network prior to being answered by an agent. The new art method requires no switch port access or facility cost on the PSTN. All voice connections to and from the Web Page user and the advertiser agent are though the LSAP and MVoIP network, thus eliminating the PSTN costs while utilizing the unregulated IP network.
- With the use of a Web Page that simulates calls providing menus, prompts and procedures, a wealth of information is provided to the advertiser Call Center without the Calling Person being required to utilize multi-layering voice prompts that lack sufficient information and often require users to listen through all layers. By incorporating the uniqueness of the IP, “look ahead” searching for idle telephone lines of agents is available before routing the call into the advertiser network and/or Call Center. Advantageously, the present system eliminates the need to route through the PSTN, but provides a level of access and operability comparable to the PSTN that can eliminate long-distance costs and provide carrier-grade voice quality between the Calling Person and the Called Party.
- The keys to utilization of Voice-over-IP technology for business applications is the ease of use, the management of the VoIP network, and the ubiquity of the service. It is important to understand that anyone with Internet access can browse any Web Page; thus, any Web Page user can click on a “call me” button in an attempt to communicate with a business agent. Thus ubiquity in service and application is very important.
- Every Web Page user has a telephone and thus, this new art utilizes the ubiquity of the telephone along with the deployment of a Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol network (MVoIP) to deliver quality voice from Web Page users to an advertiser's CPE.
- This invention allows for total coordination between Web Page navigation and the CPE at the Called Party (advertisers) location such that all the data on the Web Page which has been filled out by the Calling Party will be used to place the call to the proper location and agent. This data will also inform the agent so that less dialogue and time will be required to complete the transaction.
- The invention also allows “call me” capability from any number associated with a Web Page, whether it be to a Call Center or to a single telephone. For example, a business may offer a Web Page that contains a “call me” capability to their Call Center for product purchases or service while at the same time has phone numbers associated with a receptionist or an individual.
- With this invention, calls to a single telephone are still switched over the MVoIP network to reduce cost and to allow quality voice communication from Web Page browsing. This allows small businesses to have quality voice conversation with interested Web Page users without having to purchase and advertise an 800 number on their Web Page.
- This also allows a Web Page user to click on a Web Page equipped with “call me” capability and a call will be placed to the advertiser's agent without the use of 800 numbers. The call will cost significantly less due to the use of a MVoIP network connecting the LSAPs internationally with the LSAP of the advertiser (Called Party).
- It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a system and method to eliminate voice prompts and the costs that are charged prior to answer by an agent at a service Call Center with the use of Web Page navigation to make choice selections.
- It is also an object of the present invention to provide an Internet user (Calling Party) with PSTN carrier-grade voice quality and customer IP data interaction connections to service Call Centers utilizing Web-based navigational procedures.
- It is also an object of the present invention to reduce network voice link holding times and usage costs through enhanced IP network queuing procedures.
- It is still another object of the present invention to reduce service Call Center workforce requirements (telephone answering agents) through implementing Web-based navigational procedures and providing this data to the called agent (Called Party).
- It is yet another object of the present invention to fully utilize the capability of IP telephony for purposes of IP data collaboration between an Internet user (Calling Person) and a service or product advertiser/provider (Called Party).
- It is another object of the present invention to provide carrier-grade voice quality communications over connections that bypass the PSTN and that are established by means of the Internet Protocol (IP).
- It is also an object of the present invention to provide new services to the Internet user (Calling Person) and Web Page advertisers (Called Party) over a proposed Managed Voice-over-IP (MVoIP), including automatic access to an IP Called Party whose name is in the telephone white pages stored on the Internet, the ability to select and call an e-mail name (Called Party) simply by clicking on the name included in the e-mail using carrier-grade voice quality connections at a lower cost, and providing IP 1-800 attributes and features that rival the regulated and costly PSTN.
- It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a system in which both voice and/or IP data is carried over non-regulated, Managed Voice-over IP networks.
- It is still another object of the present invention to extend managed IP network features to the international market by creating prompt and immediate connectivity from an international Web Page user to the Web Page advertiser business via the MVoIP and using Web Page navigational procedures.
- Another important object of the present invention is to enhance network call queuing to Web surfers by providing the “call queuing” within the network to reduce call and network connection hold times and to establish network connections (voice and IP data) with the agent only when the agent is available. This invention will save business customers the toll call costs associated with voice prompt time and the time it now takes for calls to be held while waiting for an agent to become available and the associated equipment cost and facility costs to support these additional hold times.
- It is yet another important object of the present invention to provide a method of bypassing the Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) to establish voice communications between an Internet Web Page user (Calling Person) having a telephone coupled to a first Local Service Access Provider (LSAP) and an Internet Web advertiser (Called Party) having a telephone coupled to a second Local Service Access Provider (LSAP).
- Thus, the present invention relates to a method of bypassing the Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) to establish voice communications between an Internet Web Page user (Calling Person) having a telephone coupled to a first Local Service Access Provider (LSAP) and an Internet Web advertiser (Called Party) having a telephone coupled to a second Local Service Access Provider (LSAP) comprising the steps of establishing a Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol (MVoIP) network that is capable of bidirectional transmission of both voice and Internet Protocol data communications; browsing the Internet with a Web Page user CPE to locate an Internet advertised product/service having an associated telephone number; and accessing the advertiser telephone number with the Web Page user CPE to cause the MVoIP to automatically establish at least voice communications, and preferably both voice and Internet Protocol data communications, between the associated telephone number of the advertiser of the located products/services and the Web Page user calling number through the Web Page user LSAP and the local advertiser LSAP CPE Call Center.
- The invention also relates to a method of completing a telephone call between a Web Page user Calling Party having a first telephone and a personal computer (PC) coupled to a first Local Service Access Provider (LSAP) and an Internet Called Party having a second telephone coupled to a second Local Service Access Provider (LSAP) comprising the steps of bypassing the existing Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) with a Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol (MVoIP) telephone system having carrier-grade voice quality and being coupled between the Calling Person LSAP and the Called Party LSAP, such that a telephone conversation can take place between the Calling Person and the Called Party; locating the name of the Called Party on the Internet with the Calling Person CPE PC; selecting the name of the Called Party from an Internet site using a PC cursor control (a “mouse”) coupled to the Calling Person PC; and automatically enabling said MVoIP system to establish a voice connection between said Calling Person and said Called Party that bypasses the regulated portion of the PSTN when the name of the Called Party is selected.
- The invention also relates to a system for completing a telephone call between a Web Page user Calling Party having CPE such as a telephone and a PC coupled to a Local Service Access Provider (LSAP) and an advertiser of a product/service on a Web Page having a telephone coupled to an advertiser Call Center comprising a Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol (MVoIP) telephone system capable of being coupled between the Internet Web Page user LSAP and the advertiser LSAP CPE Call Center such that a voice telephone conversation can take place between the Web Page user and the advertiser; a product/service of interest to the Web Page user being located on the Web Page and selected for review with the Web Page user PC; a telephone number associated with the product/service of interest; and connection means between the Internet and the MVoIP for enabling the MVoIP system to automatically establish voice connections between the Web Page user and the product/service advertiser Call Center upon selection of the advertiser telephone number associated with the product/service by the Web Page user.
- These and other features of the present invention will be more fully disclosed when taken in conjunction with the following Detailed Description of the Invention in which like numerals represent like elements and in which:
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the prior art Public Switching Telephone Network that enables a call such as a 1-800 call to be made between a Calling Party and a service Call Center; -
FIG. 2 is a schematic circuit diagram of the prior art Public Switching Telephone Network inFIG. 1 with the Internet added to it to enable Internet phone calls to be made between a Calling Party and a service Call Center; -
FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of the Public Switching Telephone Network and the Internet system modified by a Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol (MVoIP) network of the present invention; and -
FIG. 4A andFIG. 4B together form a flow chart illustrating the novel steps of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the present invention utilizing the Internet and the novel VoIP network to bypass the PSTN. - The
novel system 62 ofFIG. 3 includes not only the Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) 30 and its associated operating elements, but also theInternet 54 and its associated elements coupled to a Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol network (MVoIP) 64. TheMVoIP network 64 includes afirst gateway 66 that couples both voice and IP data between thefirst LSAP 14 andsecond LSAP 22 coupled to theCall Center 20. It also includes asecond gateway 68 that couples both voice and IP data online 80 tosecond LSAP 22 coupled toCall Center 20. International gateway 102 is also coupled to the MVoIP network online 82. The international gateway 102 is coupled tointernational LSAP 44 online 103. International CPE 104 is coupled to LSAP 44 online 105.LSAPs Gateways LSAP 14,LSAP 22, andLSAP 44. Thegateways - The system operates as follows. The Calling Party or
Web browser 12 goes off-hook through hisPC 18 usingLSAP 14. A dial tone is received from the LSAP 14 and theWeb browser 12, or Calling Party, enters the ISP access digits and is given access to theInternet network 54 throughISP access 52. The Web browser then searches the Internet for desired information stored onservers 56 and 58 (two of N servers) that contain the Web Pages for the business customer. The Web Page user (Calling Party) then may browse the Web Pages in search of the information desired. Depending on the business type, a Web Page may ask for specific information regarding the Web Page user (CPE 12) and or for more detail regarding the information requested. This information will be presented later to the advertiser agent for faster and more convenient service. This information may relate to product/service options such as color, size, special pricing, fares, credit card security, perceptions, credit card information, product questions and comparisons and the like. The basics of this new art are to allow the Web Page user at this stage to have a quality voice conversation with the business agent about the service requested. This is accomplished by providing a “call me” capability located on the Web Page. Calling Party or Web Page user profile information (such as what number to be called back) is gathered from the Calling Party the first time the “call me” capability is activated. This is accomplished by a “pop-up window” displayed onPC 18 when the “call me” capability is activated on the Web Page. When the “call me” capability is activated by the use of a mouse control and a click on the Web Page call me “button”, the information required to place the call (such as calling and called number) is forwarded to the Call Control Server (CCS) 70 inMVoIP 64 usingconnection 76. Future use of the “call me” capability will not require the Web Page user to fill out the user profile information. This information will be stored on the WebPage user PC 18 andCall Control Server 70 for future use. - The Call Control Server (CCS) 70 receives information sufficient to place a call to the Called
Party CPE 20 online 74 andlocal switch access 78 and the CallingParty Web user CPE 12 online 72 andlocal switch access 82. This call is placed usingconnection 80 to CalledParty LSAP 22 fromgateway 68 andconnection 84 fromgateway 66 toCalling Party LSAP 14. Notice that these are local access lines and are free from toll call regulations making this invention less expensive to the business customer. The call from theCCS 70 will be placed first to theCPE 20 and, after an answer is received, the call will also be placed by theCCS 70 to theCPE 12 Calling Party. - Another very important part of this new art is the capability of queuing calls in “cyber space” if agents are all busy and can not receive any further calls. This is accomplished by CCS 70 (in VoIP network 64) receiving information regarding agent (Called Party) status from
CPE 20 throughIP data connections CCS 70 until such time and agents are available. The Calling Party will be given options if the call is to be held in queue for a length of time. These options include a “pop-up window” onCPE 12PC 18 indicating the estimated length of time for the call to held in queue and the options of being called back, and when the callback should occur, i.e. immediately, in one hour, etc. If the CallingParty CPE 12 has only a single line that is also used by thePC 18 for communication, a “pop-up window” will be displayed informing the Calling Party to hang up from the Internet connection in order to receive the callback from the agent (Called Party) ontelephone 16. - If the Web Page user (Calling Party) has two telephone lines connected to LSAP 14, then the Web Page user can remain connected to the Internet on
PC 18 while communicating to the business agent throughtelephone 16. Thus, both an audio and IP data dialog may take place between theCalling Person 12 and the CalledParty 20, if the Calling Person has two telephone lines. - It will be seen, then, that the MVoIP network provides reliable carrier-grade voice quality service over connections established between the parties using the Internet. The MVoIP network provides VoIP gateway functions between the LSAPs and the IP networks. As stated earlier, functions of the gateways in the MVoIP include translating IP and PSTN addresses, covering network interface bridge protocol and the like.
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Call Control servers 70, in theMVoIP 64 may perform and support a range of services including calls set up to service Call Center agents whose telephone lines are idle, callback queuing, automated attendant directory navigation and routing procedures, call arrival and queue status, service features and access based on customer profile queue and setup, secondary Web Pages and the like. All of these services provide cost saving and increased revenue to the business customer while providing a service to the Web Page user. - The
Call Control servers 70 also establish the call to the service Call Center 20 (Called Party) and have a dialogue with the automatic attendant directory menus. It uses navigation procedures and Calling Party profile data to complete directory menu responses for the service type needed. It may also select the attendant and initiate the user callback, as directed, to the original Calling Party. It completes the callback to the originating Calling Party through the MVoIP network and the Calling Party LSAP. As stated earlier, the cost-per-minute or usage billing may be started when the call is connected to an agent and end when the Calling Party or Called Party hangs up. - In another use of the novel MVoIP telephone system the telephone white pages may be stored in the
Web server 58. In this case the Web Page user (Calling Party)CPE 12 is browsing the Internet for phone number information. When the white page or yellow page information is located, the user can simply click on the name of the person to be contacted and the call information will be forwarded toCCS 70. The CCS will then place a call to the appropriate gateway of the Calling Party and the Called number. The LSAP will then route a local call to the proper number. This white or yellow page directory could also include international phone number and connections would then be made though gateways associated with the international location. - Another novel use of this invention is the calling from a received e-mail. When an e-mail is received by a first party who wishes to have a telephone conversation with the person sending the e-mail, the first party becomes the Calling Party by selecting the name of the e-mail sender with a PC cursor (mouse) and “clicking” on the name. The selection will send the Calling and Called information to the CCS which will place a call to each party though MVoIP network as discussed earlier.
- Thus the MVoIP network has a non-regulated cost structure, has reliable carrier-grade, voice quality connections, has VoIP connections for customer interaction with service Call Centers, makes data collaboration available between business and buyer/user and provides navigational procedures for direct routing through an automatic attendant directory to proper Call Center agents or departments. This system eliminates charges and customer annoying hold times trying to navigate through directory menus and voice prompts. It eliminates the necessity for customer queuing at Call Centers and reduces Call Center work force requirements by delivery of an informed buyer to the agent. It also provides ubiquitous user access to Web based business for voice and data collaboration.
- A flow chart illustrating the relationship of the system elements and the novel steps of the present invention is shown in
FIG. 4A andFIG. 4B . This flow chart shows the typical Internet connection to browse a Web Page to view products/services, then using a Web server “call me” button to establish a VoIP connection over a reliable voice quality MVoIP network to the CPE Call Center (Called Party) or a single phone, then connect to the original single or multi-line telephone Internet user/Calling Person. It can be seen at the top ofFIG. 4A that the PSTN is used in the normal fashion to connect a Calling Party LSAP to a Called Party LSAP. Further, it can be seen at the top ofFIG. 4A that the Internet can be used to connect a Calling Person to a Called Party through an Internet Service Provider (ISP). This connection for voice communication is very unreliable and very poor quality. This service is available “for free” and is not being used for business application where quality and reliable service is required. Further, this service is not ubiquitous to all Web Page users. - Thus the novel invention includes a Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol network (MVoIP), shown at the top of
FIG. 4B that includes the VoIP gateway and the Call Control servers. The MVoIP network is used in conjunction with the Internet to bypass the PSTN as shown. - Thus, in
FIG. 4A , atstep 1, the Calling Party goes off-hook and the PC connects to and seizes the telephone line through the Calling Party LSAP. At step 2, the Calling Party uses his PC to enter the ISP access digits which then, atstep 3, connects the Calling Party PC to the ISP forming part of the Internet. Atstep 4, the Calling Party “logs-in” and sends the www .IP address of the business customer or party of interest and thus connects to the proper Internet Web Page. Atstep 5, the Calling Party browses the Web Pages until a product/service of interest is found on a selected Web Page. He then selects that product/service and may at this point complete a Calling Party profile. Depending on the business, this information may include airline schedule information, color of desired product, credit card number, account number etc. This information will be helpful to the business agent when the Web Page user places a voice call to the business. At step 6, the Calling Person activates a “call me” button on the selected Web Page with his PC mouse. Atstep 7, he sends the Calling Party profile that details the product/service wanted such as color, size, cost, fares, and the like. At step 8, the MVoIP may send back prompts (window pop-up) to the Calling Party depending upon the status of the telephone lines of the Called Party or advertiser business agent. Such prompts may indicate that all lines are busy so a message is given such as “hang up and you will be called back in 5 minutes”. If such is the case, the Calling Person waits for the call at step 9. - At
step 10, at the top ofFIG. 4B , the Internet is shown connecting to the VoIP of the MVoIP network through the gateways. The Call Control Servers, I, N, of the MVoIP sets the local connections to the LSAP of the Called Party and to the LSAP of the Calling Party. At step 11, the CPE sends back to the Call Servers in the MVoIP network a conventional ring tone and, atstep 12, an auto-attendant answers. Atstep 13, the CPE provides the conventional prompts to the Call Control Servers. Atstep 14, the CCS automatically navigates the prompts to connect the proper agents based on the profile information received. Atstep 15, the Calling Party profile is sent to and stored at the Call Center for use by an agent in communicating with the Calling Party by voice and/or IP data. - If no agents are available, the call is placed in a queue at
step 16 to await the next available agent. When an agent becomes available, the off-hook notice is given atstep 17 and a communication link is established between the agent and the CCS atstep 18. Atstep 19, the CCS initiates a “callback” to the Calling Person and a “ring” connection is made to the Calling Party through the LSAP and the CPE of the Calling Person atstep 20. - At
step 21, the Calling Person begins the telephone dialogue with the agent of the Called Party. It is at this time that the billing for the call is started. Atstep 22, a conversation is held by the Calling Person and the agent of the Called Party. When the transaction is completed atstep 23, the phone connections are released and placed on-hook by both the Calling Party and the Called Party. - The corresponding structures, materials, acts, and equivalents of all means or step plus function elements in the claims below are intended to include any structure, material, or act for performing the function in combination with other claimed elements as specifically claimed.
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1. A method of completing a quality voice telephone call between an Internet Web Page user having at least one Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) device capable of either voice or data, or both voice and data communications, including PC, telephones, multimedia PC, multimedia TV and/or other multimedia devices, to a Local Switch Access (LSAP) and the advertiser of a product/service on the Web Page having CPE couple to the same or another LSAP; comprising the steps of:
coupling a Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol (MVoIP) telephone network between said Internet Web Page user LSAP and said advertiser CPE such that a PSTN quality voice telephone conversation can take place between said Web Page user and said advertiser;
using said CPE and said Internet to locate a product/service of interest to said Web Page user;
associating an advertiser telephone number with said product/service of interest; and
using said Internet to enable said MVoIP system to establish at least voice and preferably voice and IP data connections between said Web Page user and said advertiser CPE by means of said telephone number.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:
providing a second LSAP as said advertiser CPE for establishing IP data connections with said Web Page user.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of providing an Internet Protocol based CPE as said advertiser CPE for receiving and transmitting both voice and Internet data from and to said Web Page user.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of coupling an MVoIP telephone system between an Internet Web Page user LSAP and the advertiser second LSAP further comprises the steps of:
providing a first gateway in said MVoIP for coupling both voice and Internet data links to said Web Page user LSAP such that voice can be received at and transmitted by said Web Page user telephone, and Internet data can be entered into and transferred from said Web Page user CPE;
providing a second gateway in said MVoIP for coupling both voice and Internet data links to said advertiser second LSAP such that voice can be received at, and transmitted by, said advertiser CPE, and Internet data can be entered into, and transferred from, said advertiser CPE; and
coupling said first and second gateways together to allow both voice and Internet data to be transferred between said Web Page user and said advertiser.
5. The method of claim 4 further comprising the steps of:
coupling at least one managed Web-based server to said first and second gateways for storing information data of Web Page user received from the Internet and necessary to complete a call to said advertiser such as user telephone number, user name, address, and language preference, and user identification of the product/service preferences comprising flight information, ticket purchase, pricing, fares, color, and style; and
using said Web Page user information data to locate the appropriate advertiser location and automatically connect the Web Page user with said advertiser location.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the step of using said Web Page user information data to locate the appropriate advertiser location further comprising the steps of:
(1) provide menu navigation prompts in place of the present day voice options of: “press [1] if you need -”; “press [2] if you need -”; “press [3] if you need -”; and other options as available;
(2) locate an idle advertiser agent using the menu navigational prompts prior to connecting the call to the t Web Page user;
(3) notifying said Web Page user of options if no advertiser agents are available such as “hang up and wait for callback from advertiser”; and
(4) providing a voice and Internet data connection through said first and second gateways from advertisers LSAP to said Web Page user LSAP.
7. The method of claim 2 further comprising the steps of:
coupling an international LSAP to said MVoIP for connecting the international Web Page user CPE to an advertiser's CPE; and
providing voice and Internet data connections through said MVoIP from an advertiser's CPE to said Web Page user's international LSAP by means of said telephone umber.
8. A method of establishing a Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol network (MVoIP) having a Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone carrier-grade transmission quality equivalent to the carrier quality of the Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) for generating voice communications between an Internet Web Page advertiser having CPE coupled to LSAP and a Web Page user having CPE coupled to an LSAP comprising the steps of:
providing a method to simulate present advertiser CPE menus, prompts, and procedures with menu navigation from Web Page;
coupling said MVoIP to (1) said CPE for said advertiser; (2) said LSAP for the Internet Web Page user; and (3) said Internet;
locating an Internet advertised product/service having an associated telephone number and/or correlating a Web Page to an IP address on the MVoIP by browsing said Internet with a Web Page user CPE;
entering a request to said Internet with said Web Page user CPE to cause said MVoIP to provide voice and/or voice and data communications with said advertiser CPE for said advertised product/service;
entering into said Internet, with said Web Page user's CPE, information concerning said Web Page user that is necessary to complete a call to said advertiser CPE such as user telephone number, user name, address, and language preference, and user identification of product/service preference features such as flight information, ticket purchase, pricing, fares, color, and style;
automatically connecting said associated Web Page advertiser to a server within the MVoIP network upon entry of said Web Page user information;
automatically navigating menu prompts and options provided by advertisers Web Page which eliminates present day implementation of “press [1] if you need -”; “press [2] if you need -”; “press [3] if you need -” and other options as required;
locating any idle advertiser location at said advertisers CPE through Web Page navigation procedures prior to connecting the call to said Web Page user;
notifying said Web Page user of options if no advertiser locations are available via menu on Web Page uses CPE such as “hang up and wait for callback” and “wait for callback from advertiser” and/or “your expected queue time is”; and
providing voice and Internet data connections through said MVoIP from an advertisers CPE to a Web Page user's LSAP upon prompts from advertiser.
9. A method of bypassing the regulated toll portion of the Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) to establish voice communications between an Internet Web Page advertiser having a CPE coupled to an LSAP and an Internet Web Page user having a CPE coupled to an LSAP comprising the steps of:
establishing a Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol (MVoIP) that is capable of bidirectional transmission of both voice and Internet Protocol data communications in parallel with said regulated portion of said PSTN;
browsing said Internet with a Web Page user CPE to locate an Internet advertised product/service having an associated telephone number (or correlating the Web Page to an IP address on the MVoIP); and
using said information to cause said MVoIP to establish both voice and Internet Protocol data communications between the location of said advertiser of said located product/services and said Web Page user through said LSAP.
10. A method of completing a telephone call between an Internet Calling Party having CPE coupled to a first LSAP and an Internet Called Person having second CPE coupled to a second LSAP comprising the steps of:
bypassing the regulated portion of the existing Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) telephone systems with an MVoIP network having carrier-grade voice quality and that is coupled between said Calling Party LSAP and said Called Person LSAP such that a voice conversation can take place between said Calling Party and said Called Person;
locating the name of the Called Person on the Internet with Calling Party CPE;
selecting the name of the Called Person from an Internet site using a cursor control; and
automatically enabling said MVoIP system to establish a voice connection between said Calling Party and said Called Person that bypasses the regulated portion of the PSTN toll network when the name of said Called Person is selected.
11. The method of claim 10 further including the step of locating the name of the Called Person from an e-mail document received on the Calling Person CPE.
12. The method of claim 10 further including the step of storing the white pages of a telephone directory on an Internet Web server so that the telephone number of the Called Person can be located by the Web Page user CPE.
13. A system for completing a telephone call between an Internet Web Page user having a telephone and a PC coupled to an LSAP and an advertiser of a product/service on a Web Page having a telephone coupled to an advertiser Call Center comprising:
a Managed Voice-over-Internet Protocol (MVoIP) telephone system capable of being coupled between said Internet Web Page user LSAP and said advertiser Call Center such that a voice telephone conversation can tale place between said Web Page user and said advertiser;
an advertiser product/service of interest to said Web Page user being located on said Web Page and selected with said Web Page user PC;
a telephone number associated with said product/service of interest; and
Internet connection means to said MVoIP for enabling said MVoIP system to automatically establish voice connections between said Web Page user and said product/service advertiser Call center upon selection of said advertiser telephone number associated with said product/service by said Web Page user.
14. The system of claim 13 further comprising:
a Web-based server forming a part of said MVoIP for storing advertiser prompts such as “press [1] if you need -”; “press [2] if you need -”; “press [3] if you need -”, as options selectable for use by said Web Page user;
Web Page user product/service selection information entered into said Web-based server through said Web Page user PC;
circuit means within said MVoIP for automatically coupling said Web-based server to the telephone line of said advertiser at said advertiser Call Center upon selection of one of said options in accordance with said selection information; and
MVoIP connection means for providing a voice telephone connection between said Web Page user and said product/service advertiser Call Center having Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) carrier-grade voice quality.
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