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US 8,150,022 B2Granted
Call center queue management
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsThomas M. Minnich, Jr., Ted Alan Wrenn, Jr.
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Abstract
Call center queue management includes a method for calculating an average capability for each of a plurality of agents obtaining all completion data for each agent. The call completion data is used to calculate a historical average for each agent. The historical average is used to calculate an average capability for each agent.
Claims8
A method comprising:
- obtaining call completion data for each agent of a plurality of agents, wherein the obtaining is performed by an information handling system (IHS);
- calculating a historical average for each agent using the call completion data, wherein the historical average calculating is performed by the IHS;
- and
- calculating an average capability of each agent using the historical average, wherein the average capability calculating is performed by the IHS;
- determining an expected variance, wherein the expected variance includes a historical average of agent schedule non-compliance during a similar time interval, wherein the determining is performed by the IHS;
- using the expected variance to determine an expected capability of the plurality of agents, wherein the expected variance using is performed by the IHS;
- tracking schedule compliance, wherein the tracking is performed by the INS;
- obtaining schedule compliance information, wherein the obtaining is performed by the IHS;
- and
- using the schedule compliance information to determine the historical average of agent schedule non-compliance, wherein the schedule compliance using is performed by the IHS.
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