WO2003015425A3 - Method and system for call queueing and customer application interaction - Google Patents
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- WO2003015425A3 WO2003015425A3 PCT/US2002/024351 US0224351W WO03015425A3 WO 2003015425 A3 WO2003015425 A3 WO 2003015425A3 US 0224351 W US0224351 W US 0224351W WO 03015425 A3 WO03015425 A3 WO 03015425A3
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
- H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
- H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
- H04M3/51—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing
- H04M3/523—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing with call distribution or queueing
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M2203/00—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
- H04M2203/20—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges related to features of supplementary services
- H04M2203/2011—Service processing based on information specified by a party before or during a call, e.g. information, tone or routing selection
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
- H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
- H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
- H04M3/51—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing
- H04M3/523—Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing with call distribution or queueing
- H04M3/5232—Call distribution algorithms
- H04M3/5235—Dependent on call type or called number [DNIS]
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AU2002322839A AU2002322839A1 (en) | 2001-08-07 | 2002-07-31 | Method and system for call queueing and customer application interaction |
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US09/923,984 US7110524B2 (en) | 2001-08-07 | 2001-08-07 | Method and system for call queueing and customer application interaction |
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WO2003015425A2 WO2003015425A2 (en) | 2003-02-20 |
WO2003015425A3 true WO2003015425A3 (en) | 2003-10-30 |
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