Call queue management by digital assistant

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method of a digital assistant device (305) of managing a voice call established between a calling party (300) and a recipient (303), the voice call having been queued to await a response by a human representative (303a) of the recipient (303) of the voice call, and a digital assistant device (305) performing the method. In a first aspect, a method of a digital assistant device (305) of managing a voice call established between a calling party (300) and a recipient (303), the voice call having been queued to await a response by a human representative (303a) of the recipient (303) of the voice call, is provided. The method comprises detecting (S101), from a voice indication of the voice call, information indicating a point in time when the human representative (303a) of the recipient (303) is expected to be able to provide a response to the queued voice call, and setting (S102) the calling party (300) in contact with the recipient (303) at the determined point in time.

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