Unified customer service interactions
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsKannan Venugopal, Prateek Mehrotra, Vishal Bhasin, Sumit K Mukherjee, Ashokkumar Kannan
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AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsKannan Venugopal, Prateek Mehrotra, Vishal Bhasin, Sumit K Mukherjee, Ashokkumar Kannan
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A server device configured to receive first-information associated with a call that was received by a first server device; receive second-information associated with the call, where the second-information is associated with processing of the call by the first server device and at least one second server device; generate a unified record associated with the call, where the unified record includes at least some of the first-information and at least some of the second-information; determine, based on the unified record, that a condition exists with respect to the call; and send an instruction to perform a customer operation with respect to the call when the condition is determined to exist, where the customer operation includes increasing a priority for handling of the call by a customer service agent.
A method, performed by a server device, comprising:
A system comprising:
A server device comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Today's user devices are capable of performing an ever-increasing variety of functions and tasks that continue to improve the user's experience. User devices can run a variety of applications, can connect to a variety of wired and wireless networks, and can handle an array of data and communications, such as text, voice, video, etc. As functionality and performance improve, so too does the complexity associated with using the user device or making use of the array of applications stored on the user device. As a result, users may seek help by contacting a customer service agent associated with the user device. Unfortunately, users may be misdirected to the wrong customer service agent, may be transferred to multiple customer service agents, and/or may expend large amounts of time on hold waiting for, or interacting with, the customer service agent before receiving the desired assistance.
FIG. 1 is a diagram that illustrates an overview of a unified customer service interactions implementation described herein;
FIG. 2 is a diagram of an exemplary network in which systems and/or methods described herein may be implemented;
FIG. 3 is a diagram of exemplary components of one or more of the devices of FIG. 2;
The following detailed description refers to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers in different drawings may identify the same or similar elements. Also, the following detailed description does not limit the invention.
An implementation described herein may include systems and/or methods that provide for unified customer service interactions using a technique that can monitor customer service interactions (hereinafter referred to as “interactions”) between a user device and a network device associated with unified customer service operations, can detect a customer service condition (hereinafter referred to as a “condition”) based on the interactions, and can perform operations to address the condition on a real time basis and/or to reduce the frequency of recurrence of the condition. A condition, as used herein, may be triggered when the user device calls a customer service center and is misdirected to the wrong customer service center, is transferred to other customer service centers in which the quantity of transfers exceeds a particular transfer threshold, and/or the call is handled for a period of time that exceeds a particular time threshold.
As described herein, a registration operation may be performed. For example, a registration operation may be performed in which a network topology is generated that enables interactions between the user device and customer service centers and/or other network devices to be monitored and/or stored in a customer service interaction record (hereinafter referred to as an “interaction record”).